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| THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER |
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| The Unknown Soldier of the United States was one of four World War I war dead taken from American cemeteries in France. An American soldier, Sergeant Edward Younger, selected the soldier from these four. The remains were brought to the U.S. Capitol to lie in state. On Armistice Day (Nov11,) 1921. They were buried in Arlington National Cemetary in Virginia, across the Patomic River from Washington,D.C. The tomb completed in 1931, has a white marble sarcophagus over the grave bearing the inscription. "Here rests in honored glory an American Soldier known but to God." Congress later directed that an "Unknown American" from each of three wars--World War II (1939-1945), the Korean War (1950-1953), and the Vietnam War (1957-1973)--be buried beside the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The World WarII and Korean unknowns were buried in marble-capped crypts at the head of the tomb on Memorial day in 1958. The unknown serviceman of the Vietnam War was buried between them during a ceremony in 1984. The Vietnam War unknown was the only American serviceman known to have been killed in that war whose remains could not be identified. At the time of the ceremony, however, more than 2400 serviceman were still listed as missing. To obtain a copy of "A Voice of Hope" 184p.p. ISBN# 1-56167-133-9. Send $6.99 to the address below. Price includes shipping & handling. |
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