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The military custom is to have the man's serve ice cap in his hand rather than upon his head. Should the chaplain request that the cap be placed upon the head of the soldier who is to be buried?
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If the deceased was known to the chaplain as an observing Orthodox Jew or if the chaplain knows that the family of the deceased would prefer it so, he may ask that the cap be placed upon the head of the deceased.