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Ex-Indiana Gov. Kernan, who was a Vietnam POW, dies at 74

by Associated Press
| July 29, 2020 5:27 AM

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan, a Vietnam prisoner of war who entered politics and was thrust into the state’s top office when his predecessor suffered a deadly stroke, died Wednesday at age 74.

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