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Buffalo soldiers such as Clovis' Ira Pottard deserve recognition

Local columnist

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ra Pottard waves to the crowd during the Veterans Day Parade of 2013.

Clovis’ Ira Pottard is one of the last living buffalo soldiers. He was 19 when he was drafted into the famed all-black cavalry unit...