last honors
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Thus Nazi Germany last week paid last honors to Ernst Udet, World War I ace, once best of the international aerobats, exponent of parachute troops and glider warfare.
From Time Magazine Archive
Night after night his house and his garden were visited by strange apparitions, till the palace was destroyed by fire and the emperor's sisters rendered the last honors to his remains.
From Modern Magic by Vere, Maximilian Schele de
The German airmen express their regret at having been unable to render the last honors to a valiant enemy.
From Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air by Sill, Louise Morgan
None of those high in authority, who had come out to see them give up their lives for their country, were present to pay the last honors to the dead heroes.
From Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 by Stevens, George T.
Axel arrived three days after, having travelled by extra post, too late to hear the last words of his father, but not too late to render the last honors to his remains.
From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Reuter, Fritz
