"December 1, 2006 12:21 pm — The Defense Department this morning said the U.S. Army followed proper policies in its transport of a dead soldier’s coffin last month at the Greater Rochester International Airport.
The Pentagon said that proper military honors were performed during the off-loading of the coffin. And because airports do not normally allow hearses on the runway, a separate cart carried the remains to a cargo holding area to load into a hearse.
“At no time were the soldier’s remains moved with other luggage or baggage,” read a printed statement released today."
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