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Remains of Mississippi airman identified 81 years after he died as POW News Ad

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A 22-year-old airman has been accounted for 81 years after he died as a prisoner of war, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said on Friday. U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Alvin R. Scarborough, 22, of Dossville, Mississippi was serving in the 454th Ordnance Company when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December 1942 … Read more

More Children Died in Indian Boarding Schools Than Previously Known, Federal Report Concludes – News ad

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More Children Died in Indian Boarding Schools Than Previously Known, Federal Report Concludes – News ad

“As we have learned over the past three years, these institutions are not just part of our past,” said Bryan Newland, assistant secretary of Indian affairs. “Their legacy reaches us today, and is reflected in the wounds people continue to experience in communities across the United States.” At the same time, the department continued its … Read more