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Peter1469
10-14-2015, 08:45 PM
A grim log from the Iraq war goes to a future wing of the Marine museum (https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-grim-log-from-the-iraq-war-goes-to-a-future-wing-of-the-marine-museum/2015/10/10/a32e20b8-6946-11e5-8325-a42b5a459b1e_story.html?postshare=5421444659900553 )
A green military notebook used to catalog the collected dead from the 2nd Battle of Fallujiah will go on display in the new wing of the Marine Corps Museum.


The green logbook was kept on a table in the processing room of the potato factory, where the dead were brought in from the bloody streets of Fallujah. It had blue-lined pages and columns that Cheryl Ites drew with a ruler.

Usually there was a pen with the book that she or one of her “scribes” used to make the entries once each body pouch was opened and the corpse examined. Date delivered. Time. Organization of decedent. Name.


Often there was no identification, so an entry would say “insurgent unidentified” or “civilian unidentified.” Or if there wasn’t enough left of the person, it might say “unassociated portion.”

It is a long and interesting read. See more at the link.