India accepted Pakistan's request to send the body of the soldier back "with full honor, " he said.
The Pakistani army later made contact with the Indian authorities to arrange the return of the soldier's body.
But the saddest tale was of the soldier who wrote, in all seriousness, offering marriage to the two-headed woman.
Logically, admitting to such emotions seems inconsistent with the battlefield experience in the mind of the soldier on the front lines.
The family had no military connections, but from the earliest age, Chris was drawn to the idea of the soldier hero.
It said a number of retired soldiers had been approached to take part in demonstrations taking place in the wake of the soldier's death.
"To be prepared is at the heart of the soldier's job, " he said in his annual New Year's message to the French armed forces.
In all, more than 16 million Americans would put on the uniform of the soldier, the sailor, the airman, the Marine, the Coast Guardsman or the merchant mariner.
President Francois Hollande issued a statement extending his condolences to the relatives of the soldier killed and praising what he called the determination and courage of French forces in Mali.
Acting Serjeant Daniel Field, said he would "miss the energy and enthusiasm he brought to the job" while Acting Serjeant Paul Nancolis said he had given him "great confidence from the type of soldier he was and the type of soldier he could have been".
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But he also took charge of the detention of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was captured by Gaza-based militants in a cross-border raid in 2006.
And I went to Arlington National Cemetery, and we had a ceremony in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with a collection of Medal of Honor winners from all our various wars.
After the inauguration, Mr Hollande rode up the Champs Elysees in an open-topped car, waving to the crowd despite the rain, before laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe.
Moments ago, I had the distinct honor and high privilege of laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
"After World War II, everyone seems to assume that there were these huge parades as soon as they reached the dock, but soldiers came home not as units but as individuals, " says Thomas Childers, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Soldier from the War Returning.
Mr. MALLEY: Well, right now, unfortunately, because this is about - it's less about the immediate tactical objectives of releasing the soldier.
"They made their way in to the Chancellery, the Russians had been there first, there was a lot of looting and the soldier and members of his unit took themselves a little souvenir of the event, " said Mr Copson.
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According to Bruce Bairnsfather, one of the most popular soldier-writers of the first world war, the Tommies were just as hardheaded.
Over it all, of course, hangs the long shadow of Iraq, which simply will not go away and was again underlined with the latest death of a British soldier in the south of the country.
Though each of those pictured must have a compelling story to tell, Brian has embraced the concept of the Unknown Soldier.
"The heroic actions of the dead soldier and his compatriots have saved many Somali lives, " said Mohamat Annadif, the AU's special representative on Somalia, said in a statement.
Over the course of his deployment, Nick saved the life of a French soldier who was shot in the head and helped 42 people escape from a flooding river.
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They even have an appointment to lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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Before coming to the White House, I visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery.
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But like countless battles, known and unknown, it is a proud chapter in the story of the American soldier.
Here, our young troops would redefine the power of the foot soldier.
And I thank you for the opportunity to lay a wreath today at Arlington National Cemetery at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Israeli officials say their first priority now is securing the release of the captured soldier, either by mediation or by an Israeli military operation.
And German historians have for some years been engaged in a fierce controversy about how to assess the psychology and outlook of the German soldier.
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