Estimates of the number of graves that might be affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew from hundreds to as many as 6,600 on Thursday, as the cemetery's former superintendent blamed his staff and a lack of resources for the scandal that forced his ouster.
John Metzler, who ran the historic military burial ground for 19 years, said he accepts "full responsibility" for the problems.
But he also denied some of the findings by Army investigators and suggested cemetery employees and poor technology were to blame for remains that may have been misidentified or misplaced. He said the system used to track grave sites relied mostly on a complicated paper trail vulnerable to error.
In the 19 years since this guy was the head why couldn't they just change the system to something more advanced. Hell, a Microsoft Access program in Office 2003 could track the remains of 6600 people. Now we might have to do some DNA testing in order to find out what remains are where. What a joke. I wish we could bring criminal charges against this Metzler character.
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