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They served in the Civil War, the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War and World War I, but for decades, their ashes and those of thousands of others lay abandoned in corroded urns in a grisly outbuilding at Oregon's state psychiatric hospital. The Oregon National Guard on Friday, May, 22, 2015, offered a rifle salute and played Taps at Willamette National Cemetery on Portland, Ore., to honor 19 veterans and the spouses of two others whose cremated remains were discovered at the Oregon State Hospital a decade ago. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP)
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