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Army Specialist Shoshana Johnson was traveling in a convoy in Iraq in 2003 when her vehicle was attacked. Iraqi forces killed 11 soldiers in her company and captured six, including Johnson. She was held for 22 days, becoming the first Black female prisoner of war in American history. -
KPBS race and equity reporter Cristina Kim hosts a special look at how the 9/11 attacks were covered in San Diego and how the affects linger in our community 20 years later. -
KPBS Midday EditionSupporters call it a Digital Dunkirk, as they try to raise money and provide connections to get former translators out of Kabul ahead of the American departure. -
A new mural honoring deported veterans was unveiled Saturday in Barrio Logan. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe Department of Veterans Affairs said its frontline health workers must get vaccinated by mid-September or they'll lose their jobs.
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San Diego researchers use technology to help recover military remains that were on the ocean floor for more than 40 years. -
In cities nationwide, groups addressing veteran homelessness by replacing the traditional shelter model with tiny homes.
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Exiled for 11 years, a deported army veteran crossed the border into the U.S. on Thursday. -
KPBS Midday EditionOver the past several decades, hundreds or maybe thousands of U.S. military veterans have been deported after they committed crimes, sometimes decades after they left the service. -
Eighty years after he died in the attack on Pearl Harbor and just months after his remains were finally identified, a San Diego Marine has been laid to rest with full military honors.
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