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In a massive and little remembered project after World War I, the U.S. sent out 74,000 questionnaire cards asking families what they wanted, and then tried

Skip to main content Currently Reading After World War I, U.S. families were asked if they wanted their dead brought home. Forty thousand said yes. Michael E. Ruane, The Washington Post May 30, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5Caskets of U.S. service members are assembled in Antwerp, Belgium, for shipment home.U.S. Army Signal CorpsShow MoreShow Less 2of5The Graves Registration Service removes bodies near Grandpre, Ardennes, France, for reburial. Much of the grisly work was done by ...

In a massive and little-remembered project after World War I, the U.S. sent out 74,000 questionnaire cards asking families what they wanted and then tried to fulfill their wishes.

After World War I, the government asked U.S. families if they wanted their dead buried at home. Forty thousand said yes. In May,1921, President Harding paid tribute to a shipload of 5,000 fallen doughboys.