Talk:Sole Survivor Policy

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What is the policy?[edit]

The article doesn't actually explain what the policy says; just that its intent is to protect surviving family members who've already had a sibling killed in the line of duty. It doesn't explain how it protects them. -Juansmith 05:31, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If there were 3 kids if 1 died would 2 go home or is it if 2 died 1 would go home? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.158.39.255 (talk) 17:25, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

short?[edit]

doesnt this seem a little short —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.226.24.105 (talk) 07:44, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you can find more info, add it! Joshdboz (talk) 03:50, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sole Surviving Son or Daughter[edit]

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--Jerzy•t 21:04, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

confused[edit]

just a little bit though, i thought this applied to being the only male surviving ex. if the father, is still alove but in 60s or so, and only one son, should that son enlist would he be deplyable to Combat zoens, or should he be only male left due to lack of brothers born would he be deplyable —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.186.215.219 (talk) 04:24, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Shameful myopia[edit]

Yes, there are conventions about salving the feelings of those who are loved ones of the honored dead, but i changed the PoV "tragedy" (whose literal meaning in context is no different from "celebrated incident involving 0.0000 01% or fewer of the deaths in the world's most tragic war") to "deaths". I'm grateful to be an American, but i don't think it's a PA against whichever colleague(s) consciously assented to, or read past, that wording, to say that the popular version of American exceptionalism -- "proud to be an American" -- is just as pretentious as, and insignificantly less poisonous than, pride of membership in the NSDAP or the CPSU was. (If any such editors are reading this, there's a pretty good chance i'm a worse human than you, but more to the point, its always fair that when we die, they shovel dirt in our faces.)
--Jerzy•t 20:09, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]