Monday, October 29, 2012
U.S. servicemen who guard the outdoor Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery will remain on duty while hurricane slams into Atlantic coast.
Sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington, VA. (U.S. Army Photo)
WASHINGTON—Hurricane Sandy is
expected to slam the East Coast and the federal government is shut
down—but the U.S. servicemen who guard the outdoor Tomb of the Unknowns
at Arlington National Cemetery will remain on duty.
"They will not abandon their
post," an employee who answered the Arlington Cemetery's phone confirmed
to Yahoo News. He identified himself as "George," but was not
authorized to speak on the record to the media.
The tomb, located just outside
Washington, D.C., holds the remains of unidentified soldiers from World
War I, World War II and Korea.
[Related: Get your local weather forecast]
The elite sentinels selected to guard it have kept watch continuously at the site since 1948.
Correction, 3:40 p.m.: This post originally stated that the Tomb of the Unknowns contains the remains of a Vietnam War soldier. Those remains were identified and removed in 1998.
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