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DPAA In The News

News 2 | Aug. 12, 2024

US officials identify Buffalo Soldier killed in World War II

By Bret Baier

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is working to identify dozens of Black soldiers killed in World War II. They served as part of the 92nd Infantry Division, known as the Buffalo Soldiers.

"The idea that we can first tell them this is how it happened, this is how he died a hero. This is the thing he was doing and what it meant to the war. And then being able to identify him after. It's just it's a very, very humbling thing for our job," DPAA historian-analyst Josh Frank said. "Every story is different."

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