World● Low6d ago · Oct 31, 2026, 3:36 AM
Medford family to bury uncle they never knew, a WWII POW from Iowa
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Months ago, Michael O'Brien of Medford learned of an uncle he never knew he had: A WWII prisoner of war who had spent the past 80 years in an unmarked grave.
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