 FACT: During the funeral, the flag is shown draped over the casket  with the field of blue over what would be the right shoulder or left  foot of the deceased. In a funeral where the flag is used, the field  of blue should be over the left shoulder of the deceased and the  casket carried feet first. Note: Although later in the movie it is  mentioned that only the hands were recovered from the accident and  were the only contents of the casket, the flag would still be  displayed with the field of blue covering where the left shoulder  would be, had there been an entire body.