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How has U.S.'s method of (and promptness/accuracy in) notifying the family of a killed-in-action soldier changed over time? Telegram? In-person? Postal mail? Has the procedure changed in times where the volume of those KIA is high?

by /u/bigmapblog in /r/AskHistorians

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