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The Discharged Paper That Unraveled a Family's Hidden Hometown
The Discharged Paper That Unraveled a Family's Hidden Hometown
A folded 76-year-old military discharge found under donated curtains names Hargrove, Nebraska as Chad Harrison’s hometown - a place no one in his Iowa family has ever heard of. How did a man buried in Duncombe in 1989, who worked locally for thirty years, carry a birthplace that contradicts seven decades of small-town memory?
In this episode, you’ll hear how a chance discovery at a church led a great-nephew and two sisters to confront gaps in directories, obituaries, and family recollection, and why one paper's hometown detail…
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