KUAR | By Michael Hibblen
A Native American research facility in Arkansas is assisting in a project to determine if some U.S. military veterans who served during World War I did not receive honors they were due.
The Sequoyah National Research Center, based at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, is partnering with the George S. Robb Center for the Study of the Great War, which is part of Park University. As part of the Valor Medals Review Project, a determination could be made about whether soldiers should be posthumously recognized.
Erin Fehr is assistant director and a researcher at the Arkansas center, which houses the world's most comprehensive collection of American Indian publications. She says the extensive project aims to clarify if there was discrimination.
Lonnie Timmons III/UA Little Rock
Erin Fehr, assistant director of the Sequoyah National Research Center in Little Rock, is involved in a project to determine if some World War I veterans were intentionally overlooked for honors they should have received.