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Army sorry for ‘John Doe’ letters to relatives of war dead
CNN has this story that the U.S. Army is apologizing to thousands of Army families who received letters beginning “Dear John Doe” after losing a loved one in Iraq or Afghanistan.
The letters — about 7,000 — were sent in late December to notify families of services or gifts surviving family members can receive from nonprofit organizations that help families of fallen soldiers, according to an Army statement Wednesday.
Read more about this egregious error here.
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