Mortician Breaks Down Dead Body Scenes From Movies & TV
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I was a Casualty Assistance Calls Officers (CACO) for a period of time in my career as a Marine. But never was told how they were taken care of at the funeral homes
I also was a recruiter for 3 years and we did go to fallen troops funerals, and other things. But weren't involved in it.
Date: 2022-07-07
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Sean
Paused at 25: 32. Active Duty Army here. Although I can't speak for other branches, I've been Honor Guard for numerous Army funerals, and state--without equivocation--the US Army provides a 21-Gun Salute (all 21 rounds) at the funeral of fallen, honorable Soldiers who's family requests it. When a Soldier gives the ultimate sacrifice, we practice 3x a day, up until the day of final respects, to ensure that the timing of the shots are perfect (even if the family didn't request it, in preparation for a sudden desire to display such respects. If requested, a 7-Man Rifle Team fires three shots (albeit blanks, each, in unison. Generally speaking, the presenter of the Colors as well as the Sergeant of the Guard gets emotional and struggles to suppress their expressions.
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Paused at 25: 32. Active Duty Army here. Although I can't speak for other branches, I've been Honor Guard for numerous Army funerals, and state--without equivocation--the US Army provides a 21-Gun Salute (all 21 rounds) at the funeral of fallen, honorable Soldiers who's family requests it. When a Soldier gives the ultimate sacrifice, we practice 3x a day, up until the day of final respects, to ensure that the timing of the shots are perfect (even if the family didn't request it, in preparation for a sudden desire to display such respects. If requested, a 7-Man Rifle Team fires three shots (albeit blanks, each, in unison. Generally speaking, the presenter of the Colors as well as the Sergeant of the Guard gets emotional and struggles to suppress their expressions.
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Helen
When my sister was murdered, I was the only member of the family who didn't view her body before she was cremated. I couldn't make myself go into that room. I have an eidetic memory and I know it would have been traumatizing. That scene in my memory, even, of trying to decide whether to go in (without the further pain of seeing her lying dead) stills haunts me and sometimes I wonder if I should have gone in anyway. When my awful abusive father died, I had needed to see for myself to believe it and heal. It's different somehow, when it's someone like your little sis and she was taken senselessly by an unhinged ex.
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When my sister was murdered, I was the only member of the family who didn't view her body before she was cremated. I couldn't make myself go into that room. I have an eidetic memory and I know it would have been traumatizing. That scene in my memory, even, of trying to decide whether to go in (without the further pain of seeing her lying dead) stills haunts me and sometimes I wonder if I should have gone in anyway. When my awful abusive father died, I had needed to see for myself to believe it and heal. It's different somehow, when it's someone like your little sis and she was taken senselessly by an unhinged ex.
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Kirsty
Hi mortician I hope you read this. Im mixed race Jamaican and white Irish. Have been brought up more with Jamaican culture. We have all glass caskets, We also have our own casket bearers. Also after the funeral at the wake you would think we are having a party. Lots of drink and food music people dancing. Oh and we dress and do our own hair and make up where possible. Ive always liked our customs it's the only way I know funerals to go.
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Hi mortician I hope you read this. Im mixed race Jamaican and white Irish. Have been brought up more with Jamaican culture. We have all glass caskets, We also have our own casket bearers. Also after the funeral at the wake you would think we are having a party. Lots of drink and food music people dancing. Oh and we dress and do our own hair and make up where possible. Ive always liked our customs it's the only way I know funerals to go.
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lzaaj
very interesting! things i never wondered about but find fascinating.
makes me wonder why we came to do these things. why the obsession with the body after death. is it better to keep the bodies intact like that, i mean thats how future. inhabitants could study us as we do past creatures/civilizations. but i still kinda prefer cremation, plus then the ashes can stay with you or be scattered. i dont like the idea of being buried.
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very interesting! things i never wondered about but find fascinating.
makes me wonder why we came to do these things. why the obsession with the body after death. is it better to keep the bodies intact like that, i mean thats how future. inhabitants could study us as we do past creatures/civilizations. but i still kinda prefer cremation, plus then the ashes can stay with you or be scattered. i dont like the idea of being buried.
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Amanda
In one of the scary movies ------ I don't remember which scary movie it is I think it's the third or the fourth one I know it's not the first or second one but that one black girl she was at the funeral she was dead and the guy that was supposed to be portraying Eminem come up to the casket and trys to perform CPR and then grabs her and it's so freaking hilarious I love movies that make fun of other movies-
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In one of the scary movies ------ I don't remember which scary movie it is I think it's the third or the fourth one I know it's not the first or second one but that one black girl she was at the funeral she was dead and the guy that was supposed to be portraying Eminem come up to the casket and trys to perform CPR and then grabs her and it's so freaking hilarious I love movies that make fun of other movies-
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Another
As an Irish person US death culture is so bizarre - the embalming, the make-up. We wake our dead and confront the corpse - the level of ritual in US death culture seems to perpetuate a taboo about death. Also with all these chemicals please think about all the pollutants you're putting into the ground
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As an Irish person US death culture is so bizarre - the embalming, the make-up. We wake our dead and confront the corpse - the level of ritual in US death culture seems to perpetuate a taboo about death. Also with all these chemicals please think about all the pollutants you're putting into the ground
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Zephyr
He's slightly mistaken about the military honors. What he refers to as a -rifle volley- is actually a depiction of the three-volley salute, and all active duty personnel or honorably discharged vets rate it.
The 21-gun salute uses artillery.
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He's slightly mistaken about the military honors. What he refers to as a -rifle volley- is actually a depiction of the three-volley salute, and all active duty personnel or honorably discharged vets rate it.
The 21-gun salute uses artillery.
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Clarity
So I should write in my secret will for someone to switch toe tags so the funeral is free when the bodies get switched --- jkjk, the other family would be horrified and it would be messed up to put them through that. I'M JUST JOKING!
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So I should write in my secret will for someone to switch toe tags so the funeral is free when the bodies get switched --- jkjk, the other family would be horrified and it would be messed up to put them through that. I'M JUST JOKING!
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Dalton
Death has always creeped me out not in movies but just in real life. I don't know why it just does. But Victor makes me a little more comfortable with it. Seems like a genuine good guy.
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Death has always creeped me out not in movies but just in real life. I don't know why it just does. But Victor makes me a little more comfortable with it. Seems like a genuine good guy.
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