Rebecca Czyz holds a photo of her late aunt, Laura Beltz Wright, who served in the Alaska Territorial Guard, a largely Native citizen militia who served to protect the U.S. territory from the threat of Japanese invasion during World War II outside of the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage, Alaska, Friday, May 26, 2017. Czyz was among relatives of 16 deceased members of the unit who attended a ceremony at the Heritage Center as Army discharge papers meant as a posthumous honor were awarded to family members. (AP Photo/Rachel D'Oro)
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