August 30, 1951.....................Washington, D.C.....................A native American soldier killed in Korea is denied a burial in Nebraska on the grounds of race...................President Truman heard of this travesty and offered a plot in Arlington National Cemetery.............The President told the soldiers widow and the American public.......................No person should be refused a burial based on race, creed, or color........................
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