A Marine Corps team carried the case containing the remains of Marine Corporal William C. Comstock at Dover Air Force Base.
(Haraz N. Ghanbari/ Associated Press)
Rite for war dead is rarely attended
Media do not cover military transfers much
A Marine Corps team carried the case containing the remains of Marine Corporal William C. Comstock at Dover Air Force Base.
(Haraz N. Ghanbari/ Associated Press)
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Delaware - It was Marine Corporal William C. Comstock's final homecoming: His remains, secured in a flag-draped "transfer case" in the rear of the cargo plane, arrived on the nearly deserted runway. (Full article: 920 words)
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