on the wall of the lincoln memoirial, national obligations "to care for him who shall have born the battle." for some who had born the battle in iraq and afghanistan that meant having body parts cremated then insinurated then dumped in this king george county land fill according to new reporting by the washington post. it is following the investigation of dover air force base where remains of surface members are repatriated after death abroader and a letter to president obama concluded there was gross mismanagement, negligence and dishonesty. >> found a pattern of wrongdoing. >> reporter: body parts were lost or misplaced in two incidents. >> reporter: in another case the arm of a marine was sawed off in order to fit him into his dress uniform. >> we asked them why they wouldn't go to the families and let them know what had happened. their response was very clear. they couldn't be trusted. they might go to the press. >> reporter: and when these three mortuary workers blew the whistle. >> i was terminated. >> reporter: the common practice of dumping unidentified body parts in a land fill wa