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
With the long-haired, wonderfully-robed priest came his choir and many villagers, who occupied one side of the square made by the soldiers standing there in the dusk to do last honors to their dead comrades.
From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Jahns, Lewis E.
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
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
All the inhabitants of the country round of his rank were present; even Count L---- came to show Felix the last honors.
From Felix Lanzberg's Expiation by Schubin, Ossip
