bkmk
Probably some sort of political payback.
We need to open up an Arlington II somewhere with lots of land and a historical connection to the founding of the country.
>>Arlington is an actual problem in search of a solution and I believe one can and must be found.
How about National Cemeteries placed so that you are never more than 100 miles away from one? I’ve made it known that I want to be buried in the one here in north Florida.
Sorry ladies, but being a WASP pilot should not qualify you for Arlington.
Yeah, but Clinton and Obama will plant their political hacks there.
They deserve respect for their service to their country but if merchant marine are not qualified, then they should not be either.
Merchant marine had to be an extremely dangerous job in the early years of the war.
I recall reading about the rules for being buried at Arlington, vs being cremated and interred. I was kind of surprised at how restrictive it was. But when you read about the number of combat vets that will be passing in the next twenty years that land is going to be sucked up pretty quickly.
I don’t have an answer, but this is going to be a bigger issue over the next few years.
Please tell Terry about this Cemetery https://dvs.az.gov/southern-memorial-cemetery.
This is hyperbole. The decision to allow or exclude WASPS from burial in Arlington isn't the thing that will push us over the edge of no return.
That said, they are non-military, so should not be buried at military cemeteries, in my opinion. WASPS were not ferrying aircraft into combat zones, but within the United States and rarely, Canada.
If we allow WASPS to be buried there, why not allow members of the Civilian Air Patrol to be buried in Arlington? I have heard that if you were in the Merchant Marine, you could be buried in military cemeteries, but haven't been able to confirm it. And they certainly had their lives on the line more than the WASPS did. Although forty or so were killed in WWII during training, that has to pale in comparison to the numbers of men killed in training alone. (I have heard 15,000 were killed in the USA in training aircraft alone from 1939 to 1945...don't know if that is accurate)
No disrespect to WASPS, but I simply don't think they should be buried in military cemeteries. I think we should acknowledge that they worked hard, did service that was necessary and could be dangerous, but I think it should be kept in context. I would suggest that even though they received military flight training, their crashes and injuries should come under industrial statistics, not military ones, even taking into account that military planes were more complex and prone to failure.
Shameful, but not surprising.
White
Anglo
Saxon
Protestants
Not enough Blacks in the WASPS,and the racists in the Obama coven can’t have that.
I have a simple solution by presidential decree or law enacted in congress allow only world war 2 combat vets to be buried and when the last combat vet dies officially close Arlington burial.
What was he thinking? Those brave women deserve to be with the brave men.
Yup; this title sure sucked THIS honkie in!!
Oh... those WASPs.
Bad enough, but: The title had me believe that Arlington had been completely AA’d to the exclusion of all white veterans.
I will be there someday. 4th section of the Columbarium bottom row. Reserved in 1997 when my husband’s ashes were placed there. The area for ashes is now a huge long area around the border of the cemetery. Proves they CAN build a wall!!There is a lot more border that can be used too...
This country comes up with the most bizarre and useless decisions PATHETIC!
I thought perhaps White Anglo-Saxon Protestants were being denied burial at Arlington.
Then again, under this administration...