Andy I would like to see Dennis Copping recovered and interred with full military honors. I must also add an interest here. I have relatives missing from 2 world wars and would also like them found and given due honour for their sacrifice. There are many families who have loved ones with no known grave what do you suggest we do, be selective? If we find Private ****** of the Desert Rats just kick the sand over his remains and concentrate on Airmen? What if we dug up all of France and Belgium and DNA’d all the remains we would be bankrupt in a week even if we had enough Portland stone and space to bury them an would we be doing the families a service or opening old wounds
We would all like closure(where the hell did that term come from?) but sometimes maybe it would be better to leave the fallen in peace.
I feel that sometimes the quest for the truth may do more harm than good for those who had to cope with the loss in the first place.
I don’t expect you to agree with me in your mission but perhaps just give some consideration to my post
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