> to make sure the Reserves office wasn't going to report him AWOL > (!!!)
Yeah. Because-- according to the rude military casualty officer she talked to before the much nicer chaplain-- no matter what the civilian authorities said, D-- wasn't dead until the military said he was. *shudder*
> and expedite the visa issues so she won't have to worry about getting ejected from the country. > Oh good, I was concerned for her.
Me, too. Not that D--'s parents weren't going to fight for her anyway, but... I can't imagine, being widowed in a foreign country at that age with no connections but the husband's family and a very shaky legal status.
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> (!!!)
Yeah. Because-- according to the rude military casualty officer she talked to before the much nicer chaplain-- no matter what the civilian authorities said, D-- wasn't dead until the military said he was. *shudder*
> and expedite the visa issues so she won't have to worry about getting ejected from the country.
> Oh good, I was concerned for her.
Me, too. Not that D--'s parents weren't going to fight for her anyway, but... I can't imagine, being widowed in a foreign country at that age with no connections but the husband's family and a very shaky legal status.