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Will Rogers and Wiley Post Die in Alaska Crash
A Washington report details the fatal Alaska crash of Will Rogers and Wiley Post near Point Barrow. The two men were en route from Fairbanks to Alaska’s far north when their privately owned plane went down. The Northland cutter was sent to recover the bodies and return them to the Pacific coast.
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