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He was cleaning his garage. Then he found a file marked ‘SECRET.’

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Jason Hurdle discovered a box of World War II POW documents in his garage in Waterloo, N.Y. The documents, detailing American soldiers' experiences in German captivity, were handed to the National Archives. The records, previously unknown to the Archives, are now preserved and will be digitized for public access.

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