A rifle-toting war reporter died with Custer at Little Bighorn 150 years ago

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Thirty-eight journalists have died on the job while gathering news for The Associated Press over the years. Thursday marks the 150th anniversary of the very first: Mark Kellogg, one of five civilians killed alongside Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and his men at the Battle of Little Bighorn. Kellogg was embedded with Custer’s troops. He was reporting for The Bismarck Tribune and New York Herald when Custer underestimated the size of a Sioux village that he attacked. Kellogg's body was found near where Custer and his outnumbered men made a last stand on a hill. News of Kellogg's death traveled widely after AP circulated the story.