2020 Veterans Day

DECADES OF HEROES DECADES OF FREEDOM MAJOR AMERICAN WARS 1775-1783 | American Revolutionary War 1812-1815 | War of 1812 1846-1848 | Mexican American War 1861-1865 | U.S. Civil War 1898

| Spanish American War

1914-1918 | World War I 1939-1945 | World War II 1950-1953 | Korean Conflict 1959-1975 | Vietnam War 1990-1991 | Gulf War 2003-2011 | War in Iraq | War in Afghanistan

Veterans Day

NOVEMBER 11th

2020

2001-

present

The impacts of war touch us all, most notably our VETERANS and their families. As we celebrate VETERANS DAY, we honor and thank them for their dedication and sacrifices!

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American Civil War ★★★★★

1861 - 1865

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Sauk Centre’s golden Civil War veterans

By HERMAN LENSING Staff Writer in Illinois, and moved SAUK CENTRE to Minnesota in 1868.

– Meetings of Throughout his life, he members of a fraternal was acknowledged organization of Civil as a good singer and War veterans, the musician.

Grand Army of the Albert Dahlem Republic (GAR), were (March 1, 1844 – Oct. common 100 years 20, 1926): immigrated ago. from Germany when Very few civil he was 8 years old. He holidays, and especially joined the 10th U.S. Decoration Day which Infantry, serving in was officially created in 1865, and was at the 1868, went by without front when the war acknowledging the ended. He participated service and sacrifice of in the Grand Review the Civil War veterans. in Washington, D.C. He But the one held was then assigned to in Sauk Centre in July the western frontier 1920 was a bit unique. and reached the rank It was not because of sergeant before most – if not all – were leaving the service. In members of the GAR, 1868, he moved to Sauk or area where they Centre, established a served. What made the cigar store business group unique was that that became a grocery 16 of those attending and dry goods store, had celebrated, or were and was part of the about to celebrate business community their golden wedding until his death. He was anniversaries. an active member of “It is doubtful if the GAR and Masonic another city in the state lodge. can furnish as unique a PHOTO COURTESY OF SAUK CENTRE HISTORY MUSEUM HC Carpenter record,” reported the Civil War veterans, members of the Grand Army of the Republic, are pictured circa 1920 at a meeting (Dec. 18, 1842 – Nov. 1, Sauk Centre Herald. in Sauk Centre.

1925): served in both “Everyone of them infantry and cavalry rendered gallant the Congregational Church and an active promoter units from New York, seeing action at Antietam service to the preservation of the union.”

The article wasn’t far off the mark. What is of the Bryant Library and member of the library and Gettysburg. He homesteaded land in Getty Township in 1866. He married Mary Veeder in interesting about the collection of the 16 veterans board.

Mathias Wanis (1840 – March 15, 1923): a native Sauk Centre in 1867. For 37 years, they farmed the is the cross-section of the United States they of Bohemia, moved to the United States in 1854, to homestead, then moved to Sauk Centre. He was presented.

None were natives of Minnesota; most moved Wisconsin. He joined the 26th Wisconsin Infantry in interested in politics and an active member of the to the state and the Sauk Centre area after the Civil 1862 and served at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, GAR. Charles Weymouth (Nov. 15, 1837 – April Gettysburg, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Savannah War. Clark Case (Nov. 8, 1844 – Oct, 4, 1921): a native and Bentonville. He married in 1868 and moved to 20, 1927): was a member of the 60th New York of New York, moved to Minnesota in 1858. He Lyman Prairie in 1868 before coming to Sauk Centre Regiment and was wounded at Louisville, Kentucky.

He married Celestia Forbs in 1866 and they moved served with the Hatches’ Independent Battalion in 1889.

Charles Whitcomb (May 23, 1838 – Feb. 12, to Raymond, Minnesota. In 1891, they moved to of the Minnesota Volunteer cavalry from Aug. 22, 1863 to June 22, 1866. The unit’s tour of duty was 1924): was born in New York and lived for a time Sauk Centre, where he was a respected member of in Pennsylvania. He served as a musician in two the Methodist Episcopal church until his death. primarily in the Dakota Territory.

David Cleveland (July 8, 1837 – March 22, James Norris (1843 – Jan. 11, 1922): joined Pennsylvania units from Aug. 8, 1861 to March the First Wisconsin Cavalry from 1861-64. He was 1, 1865. He was promoted to principal musician 1928): came to Minnesota in 1856. He returned to at the battle of Chickamauga and in the Atlanta before being mustered out. He fought at Antietam, Michigan, joined the Fourth U.S. Cavalry and served campaign. He moved to Sauk Centre in 1878, was Fredericksburg and Gettysburg and was at under Gen. William Sherman during the March to the Great Northern Railroad agent for 38 years and Appomattox when Robert E. Lee surrendered to a very active member of the GAR, Masonic Lodge, Ulysses S. Grant. After the war, he lived for a time CIVIL WAR VETERANS continued on page 4

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CIVIL WAR VETERANS continued from page 3 the Sea. After his 1865 discharge, he returned to Minnesota and homesteaded in Getty Township.

For a time, he lived with HC Carpenter, moving to Sauk Centre in 1890. He moved to St. Cloud a few months before his death.

Miner McIntyre (Jan. 30, 1846 – Sept. 9, 1928): was in most major eastern campaigns while with the New York Ninth Cavalry. He was at Appomattox for the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.

Following the war, he served as a rural mail carried in the Sauk Centre area. He was a member of the GAR and Methodist Episcopal Church. He moved to Eugene, Oregon in 1922.

Charles Bryant (Nov, 3, 1844 – Nov. 25, 1929): was with the First Maine Heavy Artillery (186465). Following the war, he moved his family to Minnesota. He was a mason by trade and served as a deacon in the Congregational Church.

Byron Carr (1845 – April 23, 1930): served in the Second Minnesota Cavalry on the western frontier. After the war, he was employed by the government and worked with Native Americans and loved nature.

James Jenkins (Dec. 2, 1846 – July 20, 1930): with the New York 120 Volunteers saw action at

Petersburg, Gettysburg, the Wilderness and was at the surrender of Lee to Grant. After living on a homesteaded farm for 11 years, he moved his family to Sauk Centre in 1877. He served as an alderman for four years (1910-14) and was a stone mason for 37 years. He was also known for his deer hunting.

No further information was found on Henry Canfield, Eighth Minnesota Infantry; Joseph Hogman, 11th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry; AH Bush, Second Minnesota Cavalry; or John Loyd, Fourth Minnesota Infantry.

After serving in the Civil War, Albert Dahlem moved to Sauk Centre, established a cigar store business that became a grocery and dry goods store, and was part of the business community until his death. PHOTO COURTESY OF SAUK CENTRE HISTORY MUSEUM

Charles Whitcomb’s tomb and markers can be found at Lakeview Cemetery in Osakis. The GAR symbol stands for Grand Army of the Republic. The FLT and link chains are symbols of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, an organization dedicated to promoting personal and social development. PHOTOS BY HERMAN LENSING

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THOMPSON continued from page 5 being treated as second-class citizens. It also started the process of minority rights,” Thompson said. “There were African American soldiers who fought in the war and came back to segregation here in America; they were still being treated as second-class citizens. It was a time that women, minorities and other groups realized if they were good enough to fight and die for the country, they deserved a seat at the table, politically and socially.”

Of particular interest to Thompson, regarding the Stearns County area, was the large presence of German immigrants at the time. Many of them were relatively new to the area and barely spoke English,yet they had great patriotism and honor. “During WWI, their loyalty to the country was suspect, they were looked at sideways,” Thompson said. “Yet, in terms of population, when you look at draft age eligible men, Stearns County had the highest enlistment rate in the state, 80% at the time. The loyalty of the German Americans might have been questioned, but the answers were in the numbers. They should be really proud of their service.

Most were very recent immigrants, yet they turned around and went back to Europe to fight for their new country, to fight the kaiser.”

According to Thompson, Stearns County saw an economic boom with the war, with young people working in war production facilities and the demand for crops and food for the war effort helping out farmers. And, as a state, Minnesotans have always been at the forefront of wanting to defend their country.

“We are a fairly blue state, but a patriotic state,” he said.

He recounted the story that when the Civil War first started, Minnesota

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was first to offer troops to help the Union effort.

“When Gov. Ramsey was walking through the halls of Congress with Abraham Lincoln, an agent came up and said Fort Sumter had been attacked.

Gov. Ramsey turned to Lincoln and offered help.

Hence, a Minnesota regiment was the first regiment called up for the defense of the union,” Thompson said.

Thompson’s love of military history began early, and he has been studying and reading about the topic since the age of 8. He had a great-uncle, Charles Hayden, who was a WWI veteran from the Sauk Centre area.

“He was a machine gunner in the 2nd Infantry, and they drove off a German attack at the Meuse’-Argonne, the largest land battle in WWI with the U.S. involved,” Thompson said.“It was bigger than any single WWII battle and drove the Germans to seek peace terms. I was quite young when he passed away.”

Hayden received the Silver Star and Purple Heart medals, with the stories being handed down to Thompson through his grandmother’s sister. Hayden himself had not shared these things with many.

“Combat veterans tend not to talk about their service much,” Thompson said.

What he heard about Hayden propelled him into a lifetime of gathering military stories. He has spoken with hundreds of WWI and other veterans through his 20 years volunteering at the museum, followed by 10 years of working there full time, with the last four as curator.

“I have been fortunate to be able to read a lot of personal accounts of soldiers, to handle the uniforms, see the helmets and read from their diaries,” he said. “It turns them into real people versus names in a history book.”

The preservation of history will continue and even greatly expand. Since its inception in 1977, the museum on the grounds of Camp Ripley has been in a 12,000-square-foot facility. That facility has been outgrown, and with the recent announcement of appropriations in a bonding bill, a new $13 million, state-of-the-art 40,000-square-foot campus will be built across the river from the current Minnesota Military Museum. The projected completion date of the project is Spring 2023.

“This will greatly expand the number of Minnesota stories we can share with people, from the Civil War to the War on Terror,” Thompson said.

Currently, the museum is featuring an all-encompassing special exhibit on Minnesota and WWI, as well as a permanent exhibit on WWI in the main museum. Through these exhibits, visitors are able to gain a much better understanding of epic war that changed warfare forever.

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We thank and honor these service members

Last Name

First Name

Abeln Abers Achman Achman Achman Achman Achman Achman Adrian Adrian Ahrens Aleshire Anderson Anderson Andresen Andrews Angulski Angulski Arnold Athman Athmann Austin Averill Bailey Bailey Bailey Barhorst Barnes Barney Barrett Bartels Barten Bauer Becker Becker Becker Becker Beckermann

Alois Cal Albert Ervin Jerome John Vernon William Gerald John Gerald John Anthony I. Virgil H. David D. David L. Arnold Jack Chester Vince Norman John M. James L. Gunther Ray Art Don Jeff Bernard F. Charles W. Rick Patrick J. Don Michael George Frank Frank W. John Victor Jim

Beckermann Beckius Bednarek Beilke Benkowski Benson Berg Berg Bergman Bergner Bergner Berscheid Berscheid Berscheid Berscheid Betlach Beuning Bieniek Bieniek Bieniek Birr Birr Bjerketvedt Blank Blank Blattner Blenker Blenkush Bloch Blommel Blonigan Blonigen Blonigen Blue Boecker Boeckers Bohmer Borgerding Borgerding Borgerding Bosshardt Braun Braun Braun Brendle Brendle Breth Breth Breth Breth Brethorst Brick Brick Bristol

Joe Daniel M. Frank Rudy Roger David E. David William D. Bob Amanda Nick Arnie Arnold P. Charles B. David E. Richard Anthony Francis L. George Matthew Allen D. Richard Jason Alvin Steven Stephen C. Ivan Mike Tim Jordan Jerry Cody Leander Katie David B. Dennis Wilfred John Roger Tom Harold Bonnie Bruce R. Ralph John Roy Dan Eugene L. Glen Jim Michael James J. Mike Tom

Branch of Military.......Years of Service

.................................................................................... N/A Navy..................................................................... 20 years .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1954-1956 Army ................................................................ 1954-1956 MN National Guard...............Jan. 16, 1951 - Aug. 16, 1957 Army ...................................................................... 3 years U.S. Army ......................................................... 1971-1973 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Navy....................................................................... 2 years .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1945-1947 Army ............................................................... 1954-1957 Army ................................................................ 1969-1971 U.S. Army ......................................................... 1946-1948 Canadian Army/American Legion..................... 1917-1919 Army ................................................................ 1952-1953 Army ................................................................ 1953-1955 U.S. Army ......................................................... 1974-1976 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Navy .......................................................... 1984-1986 Marine Corp...................................................... 1963-1967 Army ...................................................................... 2 years Army ................................................................ 1969-1971 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Navy & Coast Guard .............1963-1967 (Navy) 1971-1987 (Coast Guard) U.S. Marine Corp. Reserve................................. 1962-1968 Air Force ............................................... 21 years of Service .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1953-1955 .................................................................................... N/A Navy................................................................. 1944-1948 Air Force ........................................................... 1990-1995 Army ........................................................................... N/A Navy................................................................. 1969-1973 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Navy................................................................. 1966-1969 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army .................................................................... 14 years .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1956-1958 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army National Guard..............................15 years - Present Army & National Guard ......................................30+ Years Army .....................................................21 years 7 months .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1967-1969 U.S. Army ......................................................... 1965-1967 .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Army ................................................................4 Years .................................................................................... N/A Navy............................................................. 2014-Present Army National Guard................................................... N/A Army ............................................................ 1999-Present Army ................................................................ 1969-1971 Army ................................................................ 1971-1974 .................................................................................... N/A Army ...................................................................... 3 years Army National Guard........................................ 1959-1965 Navy....................................................................... 4 years Navy....................................................................... 4 years Army ...................................................................... 6 years U.S. Navy .......................................................... 1967-1971 Navy..................................................................28 months Army ................................................................ 1942-1945 Navy/US Army.............. 1943-1946 Navy 1946-1973 Army .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Army ......................................................... 1968-1970 .................................................................................... N/A MN Army National Guard ............................1998 - Present ...........................................................................................

Army ...................................................................... 2 years Marines ....................................................................... N/A

We thank and honor these service members

Last Name

First Name

Brix Brix Bromenshenkel Bronson Brown Brown Brown Buck Buckley Budde Budde Budde Bueckers Buerman Bullock Bullock Bussmann Buttweiler Buttweiler Bymers Callahan Cane Carbajal Carroll Castle Cherne Cherne Cherne Cherne Chernoff Chilson Chock Christen Christen Christen Cigelske Cipala Clancy Clayton Costello Czajkowski Czech Czech Dahmen Deidrich Denk DesMarais Deters Deters Deters Diedrich Dierkhising

Ervin Roman Leonard H. William L. Eugene John Timothy Kenneth R. Gerald “Jerry” Alvin Cyril Ralph Eugene Fred Walter Debbie Louis Edward Edward Werner Brian Rebecca Jack Osvald Jim Keith B. Anthony Anthony James James L. Samuel Joshua Aloys Andy Don Gerald Laverne E. Eugene R. Jim Linda Lou Jack Ronald P. Hyacinth N. “Hydie” James J. Wilfred Elmer J. Jerome Keith James M. Jim Joe H. Arthur J. Aric

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Dierkhising Dierkhising Dierkhising Dinndorf Dirkes Dobis Dobis Doebler Doege Doege Doege Doetkott Doetkott Donaldson Doubrava Doucet Douvier Dowell Dreher Drehner Druntel Dusek Dye Dyrseth Ebnet Ebnet Ebnet Ebnet Ebnet Ebnet Ebnet Ebnet Ebnet Ebnet Ebnet Ebnet Ebnet

Lea LeRoy Raymond Steven Richard R. Albert Simon Michael A. Donald (Pete) Paul Jr. Vernon Dennis Roger M. Charles “Chuck” Dave Charles J. Paul Wayne R. William M. William J. Clarence Jerome Floyd. W Gerald “Jerry” Cyril Cyril F. David J. Elmer Herman Herman Jerome Jerome C. John Linus Mick Paul Simon

Branch of Military.......Years of Service

.................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ........................................................................... N/A Army (Vietnam Veteran) .................................. 1969-1971 Army ................................................................ 1976-1980 Army ................................................................ 1984-1988 Marines ............................................................ 1985-1989 .................................................................................... N/A Navy....................................................................... 4 years .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ........................................................................... N/A Air Force ................................................Dec. 2, 1963-1969 Army ................................................................ 1953-1955 Army National Guard............................................ 33 years Air National Guard................................................ 23 years Army ................................................................ 1957-1959 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ..................... Active 1987-1989, Inactive 1989-1993 Army ................................................................ 7 1/2 years Army ...................................................................... 3 years National Guard ............................................................ N/A Army ...................................................................... 2 years U.S. Navy .......................................................... 1964-1968 Army ................................................................ 1966-1968 Army ................................................................ 1966-1968 .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1969-1971 .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1998-2003 .................................................................................... N/A Army National Guard.............................................. 9 years Army ...................................................................... 3 years Army National Guard.............................................. 6 years Army ................................................................ 1958-1964 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Air Force ........................................................ 20 years Submarines ...................................................... 1967-1971 .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Navy Sea Bees ........................................... 1988-1995 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1965-1967 U.S. Navy .......................................................... 1942-1946 Army ........................................................................... N/A Air Force, Army National Guard ............................ 28 years Army National Guard............................................ 22 years .................................................................................... N/A Air Force & Air Force Reserve ...... Air Force Reserve 4 years, Air Force 6 years (Active Duty) Air Force .................................................. 16 years (Active) Air Force & Air Force Reserve ...... Air Force Reserve 9 years, Air Force 3 years (Active Duty) Air Force Reserve .................................................... 8 years Army ................................................................ 1963-1966 Army ................................................................ 1965-1967 Air Force ........................................................... 1985-1995 Marines ....................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Navy .............................................................. 20 years Army/Air Corp. .................. Army 2 years, Air Corp 18 years Army ...................................................................... 2 years Navy....................................................................... 4 years U.S. Marine Corps. ............................................ 1953-1956 U.S. Air Force .................................................... 1955-1959 Air Force ........................................................... 1967-1987 Army ................................................................ 1963-1966 .................................................................................... N/A Navy............................................................................ N/A U.S. Army ......................................... Jan. 1968 - Oct. 1970 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army .................................................................... 22 years U.S. Army ......................................................WWII 3 years U.S. Army ............................................................... 6 years Army ................................................................ 1952-1954 .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1967-1969 .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1965-1967 .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1954-1956 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Air Force ........................................................... 1958-1962 National Guard ................................................. 1967-1971 .................................................................................... N/A

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We thank and honor these service members

Last Name

First Name

Eggert Ehlinger Ehlinger Ehresman Eich Eichers Eiden Eiden Elfering Elfering Elfering

Arthur Albert John Philip V. Ray Daniel George George Daniel T Donald Harry

Elfering Elmes Eltgroth Emblom Erdmann Essler Ethun Ethun Ethun Ethun Ethun Ethun Eugene Faber Fedor Fedor Feia Feia Feia Feia Feia Feia (Kuba) Feitl Feldewerd Felling Felling Felling Felling Felling Felling Fern

Victor J. Jim Richard Carl “Red” Charles F. Richard Dean Dennis Donald Donald Kenneth Lyle Justin Art Lloyd F. William N. Cyril L. Jr. Dale T. Edward McKayla Myron Myron Glenn Gary Harvey James J. Merle J. Mike Ron Vern Richard P.

Fern Fiedler Fiedler Fischer Fischer Fisher, Jr. Fletcher Fowler Frank Frank Frieze Froh Fuchs Fuchs Fuchs Fuechtman Fuechtmann Gamble Gamble Gamradt Gangl Gasperlin Gerads Gerads Gerads Gerads Gerads Gerads Gersch Gertken Gilitzer Gillett Goerdt Gondringer Grabmeier Grausam Greener Gretsch Groetsch Gross Gross Gross Grove Grubbs Gruber Gruenke Gruenke Grunloh Grunloh

Richard P. Mel Melvin Joseph (Harold) Willis T. (Tom) George R. Dennis Clarence Mike Mike (Mick) Leonard C. Dennis J. Joseph Peter J. Vernon Nicklas Roman J. Aloys David David C. Gary Herman J. Jerry Clarence Daniel Charles James. H Joseph Michael Marv Marvin J. Dr. Daron Roger M. Jerome Brian Anthony A. Jr. Lenard Richard H. Donald Glen George Kenneth Eugene C. Martin Martin J. “Joe” Rodney E. Leslie Brandon Virgil Virgil Donald Urban

Branch of Military.......Years of Service

.................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Navy Reserve....................Sept. 8, 1944-July 12, 1946 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1952-1954 .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Air Force .......................................................... 4 years .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Air Force/National Guard ......... 1954-1963 (Air Force), 1972-1986 (National Guard) U.S. Air Force .................................................... 1951-1954 Marines ............................................................ 1965-1968 U.S. Army ......................................................1959 to 1961 Army .......................................................................2 Years Navy.............................................. 1954-1957 Korean War Army ................................................................ 1969-1971 Air Corp .................................................................. 7 years Navy....................................................................... 4 years Army ...................................................................... 4 years U.S. Navy Sea Bees ................................................. 2 years Army ...................................................................... 4 years Army ...................................................................... 4 years .................................................................................... N/A Army ...................................................................... 6 years .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1983-1988 U.S. Army ..................................................... 1990-Present Army Reserve ....................................................... 21 years Army & Guards ....................................................... 2 years Army ..................................... Sept. 6, 1966 - July 12, 1968 U.S. Air Force .............................................Jan. 1971-1974 Army ...................................................................... 3 years Army & Guards ....................................................... 2 years Army & Guards ..................................................... 21 years Navy/Naval Reserve Navy 1946-1948, Naval Reserve 1948-1956 Naval Reserves ............................................................ N/A U.S. Army ............................................................. Vietnam Army ...................................................................... 3 years .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Coast Guard ................................................... 40 years U.S. Navy ...................................................................WWII Army ................................................................ 1970-1971 .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Navy .......................................................... 1943-1946 Army National Guard........................................ 1968-1975 Army - NA ............................................................ 10 years U.S. Army ......................................................... 1969-1971 Marine Corp............................................................ 2 years .................................................................................... N/A Army .......................................................................2 Years Army ............................................. October 16, 1946-1949 Navy................................................................. 1960-1964 Army ................................................................ 1966-1969 .................................................................................... N/A Army ..................................................................28.5 years .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1954-1957 Army ................................................................ 1948-1951 Army ...................................................................... 2 years .................................................................................... N/A Army ...................................................................... 3 years Army ................................................................ 1958-1962 .................................................................................... N/A Army National Guard.............................................. 9 years Army (Vietnam) ............................................... 1965-1967 .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Navy .......................................................... 1981-1987 U.S. Air Force ................................................. 1948 – 1950 .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Army ......................................................... 1955-1958 Army ........................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1968-1969 Army ................................................................ 1959-1961 U.S. Army ........................................ Nov. 1954 - Nov. 1956 Army ...................................................................... 3 years Air Force ........................................................... 1967-1971 Army ................................................................ 1963-1966 National Guard ............................................. 2014-Present Navy................................................................. 1943-1946 Navy................................................................. 1943-1946 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A

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Last Name

First Name

Grutsch Grythe Guinn Guinn Guinn Guinn Guinn Haagenson Hadley Hadley Haeny Hagen Hagen “Voller” Hagstrom Haider Hammarsten

Robert Dennis R. David Don Kenneth Tom William “Bill” Larry James Michael E. Steve Sara Voller Sara Doug Vincent James F.

Hammerarsten Hammond Hanauer Hanauer Hanson Hanson Hargreaves Haroldson Harren Harren Haskamp Haupt Hayes Hector Hegg Heidgerken Heinen Heinze Hellermann Hellermann Hellman Hennek Hennek Hennek Hennek Henry Henry Henry Henry Herges Herickhoff Herickhoff Herickhoff Herickhoff Herke Herke Heurung Himsl Himsl Himsl Himsl Hirman Hittle

James F. Jeff Burton Duane L. Harry John T. Gary William Enoch Edmund Edmund Ervin Wayne Victor Charles Bruce Dennis Danell Ed Eric Kenneth Paul Gabe Richard Roman Stanley Brent George B. Lorman C. Richard Pete Andrew Andrew A. Henry Henry J. Debra R. Larry J. Henry Amor Frank Joel Joseph Stan Lawrence Iden

Hoeschen Hoffarth Hoffarth Hollenkamp Holman Holmann Hooker Horvath Hoskins Hoskins Hoskins Huls Huls Huls Humbert Hundt Hunter Imdieke Immerfall Ingold Ingold Jackson Jacobs Jacobson Jansky Jansky Jarmuzek Jarmuzek Jarnot Jarnot Jennissen Jennissen

Arnold Frank Romaine Leander Heidi Heidi Patrick H. Steve George Howard Howard Henry Jerre Ray Bernard Daniel Jim David A Richard L. George J. Sarah Lawrence Amanda M. Kirk A. James E. Kevin Louis Jim Pete Ervin Walter Robert Robert L. Clifford James L.

Branch of Military.......Years of Service

.................................................................................... N/A Army & National Guard .......................................... 4 years Air Force ................................................................26 Years Air Force ..................................................................4 Years Air Force ..................................................................3 Years Air Force ..................................................................4 Years Air Force ..................................................................4 Years .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Army ......................................................... 1960-1963 National Guard ....................................................... 7 years National Guard ....................................................... 7 years Army ................................................................ 1974-1976 U.S. Army ...............................Dec. 14, 1954-Dec. 13, 1956 Army & Air Force 1945-1947, 1981-1984 (Army) 1953 (Air Force) Army/Air Force ............................................................ N/A Navy............................................................................ N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Navy .......................................................... 1943-1946 United States Air Force ..................................... 1969-1973 U.S. Navy .......................................................... 1967-1971 U.S. Army of Engineers .................................. 1943 – 1946 Army ................................................................ 1953-1955 U.S. Army ......................................................... 1953-1955 Army ................................................................ 1950-1952 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army .................................................................... 1945-47 Navy................................................................. 1965-1969 U.S. Army ......................................................... 1957-1960 U.S. Army ............................................................... 6 years Army (Airborne) ............................................... 1957-1959 Army ...................................................................... 4 years Navy....................................................................... 3 years U.S. Marine Corps. ...................................................5 Years .................................................................................... N/A Marine Corp...................................................... 1966-1970 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army .................................................................... 33 years Army .............................................................2 years WWII Army ...................................................................... 8 years Navy.........................................................................1 year Army ................................................................ 1952-1954 Army ...................................................................... 4 years Army ...................................................................... 4 years Army ...................................................................... 2 years Army ................................................................ 1957-1959 U.S. Army ......................................................... 1986-1989 U.S. Army ..................................................... 1985-Present .................................................................................... N/A Navy................................................................. 1942-1946 U.S. Army ......................................................... 1986-2015 U.S. Army ......................................................... 1977-2007 U.S. Army ..................................................... 2016-Current Navy................................................................. 1961-1964 Navy, Air Force, Army National Guard .......Navy for 4 years, Air Force for 16 years and army national guard for 6 years Army ......................................................1947-1978 WWII Navy............................................................................ N/A Navy............................................................................ N/A Army ................................................................ 1954-1956 Army National Guard.............................................. 4 years Army National Guard.............................................. 2 years U.S. Army ......................................................... 1976-2010 .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1950-1953 Air Force ..................................................................3 Years Navy................................................................. 1954-1957 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Navy .......................................................... 1966-1969 Army ................................................................ 1972-1974 U.S. Army Air Corps .......................................... 1943-1945 Army National Guard...............................................8 Years .................................................................................... N/A Air Force ........................................................... 2002-2004 Army Active.......................................................... 22 years U.S. Coast Guard ..................................................... 6 years U.S. Military ................................................................ N/A National Guard ............................................................ N/A Coast Guard ............................................................ 4 years .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Marines ............................................................ 1968-1970 .................................................................................... N/A Army National Guard........................................ 1959-1965 N.G. Headquarter Co. Medical Dept. ...................................

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We thank and honor these service members

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First Name

Jennissen Jensen Jerome Job Job Johannes Johannes Johannes Johnson Jones Jones Justin Kaelke Kalla Kane Karasch Karasch Katzer Kemper Kemper Keppers Keppers Kerfeld Kerfeld Kerfeld Kerfeld Kessler Kierzek Kierzek Kierzek Kierzek Kierzek Kierzek Kierzek Kierzek King King Kingston Kirchner Klaphake Klaphake Klasen Klepaida Klier Klif Klinkhammer Kluempke Kluempke Klug Klutenkamper Kluver Knapp Knapp Knobloch Kobylinski Kobylinski Kobylinski Kobylinski Kobylinski Kociemba Kociemba Kociemba Kociemba Kociemba Koczur Koczur Koehn Koetter Kolb Kollman Kollodge Kolodjeski Konsor Konsor Konsor Koopmeiners

Paul M. George Suchy Andreas Louis Allen P. Kevin Leroy E. Elias David Stephen Eugene Randy Joseph Jack Daniel Ray Alex Bob Bob Adam Robert Andrea Harold Leander H. Lee John Ed Edmund George George Kenneth Kenneth N. Roman Tony Larry Zack Jim Robert H. Marion Marion J. Vernon Robert Frank Richard Ron David Jerry Gerald Daniel Greg Dan Ken Joseph Dan Joseph Joseph Robert V. Stephen M. Alois Edward George Stanis Val George M. Ronald M. Rich Dave Thomas G. Gerald Norbert D. Val Andrew A. Barb Jeff Gerald

Korn Korn Korn Kortan Kortan Kortan Korte Korte Korte Korte Kowski Kraemer Kraker Kramer

Chris Sheila (Odegard) Brandon Dennis Louis C. Mark Dennis Frederick J. Kenneth F. Raymond I. Scott Ervin Charles P. Mike

Branch of Military.......Years of Service

Air Force .............................April 8, 1966-February 5, 1970 U.S. Navy .......................................................... 1965-1969 .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Union Army ............................................... 1861-1865 U.S. Air Force .......................................................... 4 years .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Air National Guard................................. July 2017-present Air Force ........................................................... 1956-1960 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1985-1988 .................................................................................... N/A Army .......................................................................2 Years .................................................................................... N/A Army National Guard........................................ 1959-1965 Army ........................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1968-1970 Army ................................................................ 1968-1970 .................................................................................... N/A Army ...................................................................... 3 years MN Army National Guard ........................................8 Years Army ...................................................................... 3 years Army ................................................................ 1968-1970 U.S. Army ................................................3 years of service Army .......................................................................4 Years .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1955-1957 .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1963-1965 Army ................................................................ 1963-1965 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ........................................................................... N/A Army ...................................................................... 2 years Navy................................................ April 1945 - Oct. 1949 Army .................................................................... 41 years Army ..................................................................21+ Years Army National Guard............................................ 21 years .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Navy............................................................................ N/A Army ...................................................................... 4 years U.S. Navy .......................................................... 1955-1957 U.S. Army ............................................................... 2 years .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 2003-2011 Navy................................................................. 1972-1976 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Navy................................................................. 1982-1987 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Navy........................................................... 2 years (WWII) .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Navy................................................................. 1958-1959 Army .................................................................... 26 years U.S. Marines ........................................................... 4 years U.S. Army ......................................................... 1961-1964 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Marine Corp./National Guard..................... 1961-1964 (Marine Corp), 1975-1981 (National Guard) Air Force ........................................................... 1983-2003 Air Force ........................................................... 1987-1994 Army ................................................................ 2009-2013 Army National Guard............................................ 21 years Army ................................................................ 1952-1954 Army .................................................................... 12 years United States Air Force ........................................... 4 years U.S. Air Force .......................................................... 8 years U.S. Navy ..........................................June 1968-June 1972 U.S. Navy .......................................................... 1942-1945 Army National Guard.................................... 1991-Present Navy................................................................. 1960-1970 U.S. Army ............................................................ 20 years Marines ............................................................ 1961-1964

We thank and honor these service members

Last Name

First Name

Krick Krick Kroska Krueger

Tom Justin T. Cyril J. Daniel

Krych Krych Kuehne Kuehne Kuehne Kuehne Kuepers Kuklok Kurtz Kurtz Kurtzman Laing Laing Laing Lane Lane Lang Lang Lang Lange Lange Lange Lange Langner Larkey Larson Larson Larson Lauer Lawinger Lawrence Lee Lemke Lemke Lentz Lilienthal Lindeman Lindeman Lindhorst Linn Linz Litchy Litchy Lobitz Loehr Lomheim Losey Loxtercamp Loxterkamp Luethmers Luethmers Lundberg Lunde Lunser Luskey Luzius MacArthur Macey Macey Macey Machtemes Machtemes Maddox Maehren Maehren Magnuson Maidl Maile Maile Maine Majeski Maleska Malikowski Mareck Marstein Jr. Marthaler Marthaler Marthaler Marthaler Marthaler Marthaler Marthaler Massman Massmann Mayer Mayer

Jerome T. Joseph Robert Robert L. Ronald H. Ronand Richard L. Timothy P. Henery Peter Henry B. J. Bernie Fritz Robert Robert J. Joe Joseph Robert Adolph Adolph B. Alfred Scott A. LeRoy Lee R. Eric Eric James Ralph Levi Terwey Jerome Jim Michael B. Jerome B. Brian Albert Vernon Tony F. Virgil A. Donald O. Ronald J. Wilfred Michael F. Leander Terrace L. Christopher Robert John John Linus C. Art Oliver Krystal Robert Joseph Douglas A. Marshall J. Marvin Marvin J Lawrence Peter Jim Ralph Robert M. Kevin Ron Nickolas William J. Robert C. Rich Ted Elroy Dennis Donald Alcuin Arnold Arthur David Larry Virgil Wilfred A. Frederick William John Richard “Rick”

VETERANS NAMES continued on page 23

Branch of Military.......Years of Service

Army ................................................................ 1969-1971 Army (Purple Heart) ......................................... 2005-2007 .................................................................................... N/A Marine Corp./ Air Force ...............1963-1966 (Marine Corp) 1967-1984 (Air Force) .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A ............................................................................. Vietnam Air Force ........................................................... 1962-1966 National Guard ................................................. 1966-1972 ............................................................................. Vietnam .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1995-2015 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1918-1919 Army ................................................................ 1955-1957 Army ................................................................ 1953-1955 Army ................................................................ 1955-1957 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Navy.................................................June 1968-June 1972 U.S. Navy .......................................................... 1963-1967 Army ................................................................ 1954-1958 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ............................................................ 1991-Current U.S. Military ................................................................ N/A Army ................................................................ 1958-1962 Army ................................................................ 1942-1945 Air Force ................................................................. 7 years Army National Guard........................................ 1958-1965 Air Force ........................................................... 1967-1971 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A National Guard ................ Honorably Discharged Oct. 1963 Marine ................................................................... 6 years Army Reserve ......................................................... 2 years Army ...................................................................... 2 years United States Air Force ........................................... 4 years Air Force ........................................................... 1958-1962 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Marine Corp...................................................... 1924-1927 .................................................................................... N/A Army/National Guard ....................................... 1969-1975 Army ...................................................................... 3 years National Guard ................................................. 2005-2011 Army ................................................................ 1962-1967 MN Army National Guard ..................................... 31 years U.S. Army ......................................................... 1965-1967 U.S. Army .............................................................. 2 years .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Navy .............................................. 5 years active duty Marine Corp...................................................... 1966-1968 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army .............................................................. 2 yrs service Army ................................................................ 1953-1955 U.S. Army ......................................................... 1953-1955 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Navy .......................................................... 1965-1967 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Air Force ........................................................... 1973-1977 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1966-1968 .................................................................................... N/A U. S. Army .................................... Jan. 5 1966-Jan. 5 1968 National Guard ............................................................ N/A National Guard ............................................................ N/A National Guard ............................................................ N/A National Guard ............................................................ N/A National Guard ........................................6 years of service National Guard ............................................................ N/A U.S. Army ......................................................... 1954-1956 Army ................................................................ 1962-1964 .................................................................................... N/A Navy................................................................. 1988-1996

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Civil War musicians and their battles Some people did not see Civil War veteran Charles Tilton Whitcomb (Nov. 15, 1837 – April 20, 1927) as a soldier, even in his day.

Whitcomb was involved in 60 battles from 1861-65, including Yorktown, Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, Maryland Campaign, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg, and was at Appomattox for surrender of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant. But as a musician, he was viewed more as an auxiliary than a soldier, which is odd because when the war started, musician groups were among the

By HERMAN LENSING first formed by volunteer units.

Staff Writer Musicians were initially a major part of any Civil War unit. Their numbers dropped as the war went on, but they remained a part of units during the war. Most regiments had a band playing tunes to boost morale and to set a marching pace. Some musicians were employed in battle strategy, playing signals directing the troops.

Musicians were mandated by Army regulations. Every company was expected to have at least two musicians, and regiments could have 16 to 24 members.

Generals from both sides promoted the use of bands as morale boosters. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is quoted as saying, "I don't think we could have an Army without music."

Drummers, fifers and buglers were the most common musicians.

Drummers needed to learn 39 different beats and buglers learned 49 different calls. They marched with troops during a battle.

Most of the drummers setting the marching pace for troops, were younger than 18 and marched near the head of the column. As such, they were in harm’s way in any battle – and they were targets to be brought down.

Buglers were the primary signal senders with a unit. Those calls included battle commands, including the well-known “charge” call, and calls for meal time.

In-camp regiments often had brass bands. The bands were also part

of providing concerts for prolonged campings or sieges. The music was appreciated by both sides and there is more than one story of either side requesting selection from bands across the no-man’s land.

Being a musician did not keep one out of combat. Those other than drummers, fifers and buglers were expected to serve as medics. They had to run into the combat zones and retrieve wounded soldiers, and at times got caught in crossfires.

The war, and military musicians in a way, created a sense of American music. Prior to the war, there were strong regional traditions of music. As the war dragged on, musicians came in contact with musicians from other states, exchanged music, incorporated different traditions into their music and created some new forms.When the war ended, variations of “Home, Sweet Home,”“Maryland, My Maryland,”“When Johnny Comes Marching Home,” “Dixie,” “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” and “Battle Cry of Freedom” became popular nationwide.

One song from the Civil War is heard almost daily worldwide at military posts and at military funerals across the nation. Following the Seven Days campaign in 1862 in Virginia, Union General Daniel Butterfield reworked the call for going to sleep to the now-familiar “Taps”. It was played by his bugler and became the end-of-the-day call for the military.

Prior to using that tune, the lights out call was followed by three drumbeats or taps. The word “taps” became associated with the final call of the day and the name stuck. Butterfield had named the tune “Extinguish Lights.”

The Civil War also was the first to use “Taps” at a funeral. Capt. John Tidball used it instead of firing guns as a salute when near the front. He did not want the enemy thinking it was an attack.

While musicians no longer march in combat, they are still a strong tradition in the service; all branches of the military have an elite band.

The best known may well be the U.S. Marine Corp Band. There is also the Pershing’s Own U.S. Army Band; The U.S. Air Force Band, the known division being the The Air Force Strings, a string ensemble; and the U.S. Navy Band, which has a high-level jazz band, the U.S. Navy Band Commodores.

All of them carry on a long tradition of service and morale-lifting efforts for the U.S. military.

- Music Trivia Match Can you match the song to the war with which it is associated?

1. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy 2. Call from Cuba 3. Chester 4. Dear John 5. God Please Protect America 6. Grafted in the Army

Conflict • Korea • Revolutionary War • Spanish/American War • Vietnam • World War I • World War II

7. Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo 9. Lilly Marleen 10. Pack Up Your Troubles in the Old Kit Bag 11. Remember the Maine 12. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay 13. Star Spangled Banner 14. We Are Coming Father Abraham 15. White Christmas 16. Yankee Doodle Dandy

Good Luck and Enjoy!

Answers: 1. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy: WWII 2. Chester: Revolutionary War 3. Dear John: Korea 4. God Please Protect America: Korean 5. Grafted in the Army: Civil War 6. Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo: WWI 7. It’s a Long Way to Tipperary: WWI 8. Lilly Marleen: WWII 9. Pack Up Your Troubles in the Old Kit Bag: WWI 10. Remember the Maine: Spanish American 11. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay: Vietnam 12. The Call from Cuba: Spanish American 13. The Star Spangled Banner: War of 1812 14. We Are Coming Father Abraham: Civil War 15. White Christmas: WWII 16. Yankee Doodle Dandy: Revolutionary War

8. It’s a Long Way to Tipperary

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WORLD WAR II ★★★★★

1939 - 1945

★★★★★★

75 years later Carstens remembers Breitbach brother who didn’t return home during World War II

By CAROL MOORMAN Staff Writer

Dorothy Carstens, on Oct. 20 in her Melrose home, looks at a photo of her brother, Donnie Breitbach, in his military uniform. He was killed Feb. 19, 1945, while serving his country in Roth, Germany. PHOTO BY CAROL MOORMAN

MELROSE – A memory box with Donald “Donnie” Breitbach’s military memorabilia hangs on a wall in Dorothy and Howard Carstens’ Melrose home. Next to his dog tags is a Purple Heart. A World War II medal hangs over a letter from President Franklin Roosevelt, and there is a pocketknife Breitbach carried with him wherever he went, including his short stint in the Army during World War II. Seventy-five years after Breitbach died on Feb. 19, 1945, while serving his country, Dorothy still gets teary-eyed when remembering her oldest brother, one of the five siblings known as the Breitbach Bunch, raised in Elrosa.

“When he was home on furlough, before he went to Germany, he told Mom he wasn’t coming back. He just knew that,” she said Oct. 20 sitting around the kitchen table in her and husband Howard’s Melrose home, a Breitbach family scrapbook in front of her.

CARSTENS continued on page 12

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korean conflict ★★★★★

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Korea an experience for farm kid Hector saw other side of the world while stationed overseas

By DIANE LEUKAM Staff Writer OSAKIS – As one of three children of John and Ruth Hector on a family farm in the 1950s, Chuck Hector was needed at home. The military was not in his life plan for this Osakis farmer, but after several deferments there were no more options. He was drafted at the age of 22 and joined the U.S. Army.

“It was the only time I ever saw my dad cry, in front of the draft board,” Hector said Oct. 19 at his home.

It turned out, Hector didn’t mind the idea.

“I wanted to go; I was getting tired of milking cows and working so hard,” he said. “That was September 1954. I was in one week short of two years.”

Those two years were the only ones Hector, 89, has spent away from the farm. He still lives there, in the house where he was born. The home farm was 280 acres, and was typical for its day.

“We had dairy, hogs, chickens and grain, like everybody did back then,” Hector said.

His grandson and his family live just yards from him in another home on the building site. Their three small children often keep him company, especially since his wife, Hilda, passed away six years ago.

Though he keeps busy mowing lawn in the summertime and tending the outdoor wood-fueled boiler in the winter, there is still plenty of time to think.

Unlike many veterans who saw combat, Hector has mostly good memories of his time in the service.

Hector began with basic training at Fort Leonard Wood in the Ozark Mountains in Missouri. Then it was on to Fort Carson in Colorado.

“I was in artillery there for a while, but they figured I would be a good mechanic,” Hector said.

A nine-week mechanics program at Fort Sill in Oklahoma taught him the Chuck Hector was drafted in 1954 and served in the military for two years, skills he needed to work on tanks and other large equipment. Hector found one of them in Korea, where he worked as a mechanic on tanks and other the work interesting. large equipment. PHOTO BY DIANE LEUKAM HECTOR continued on page 15

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HECTOR continued from page 14 “It was a good job; I enjoyed mechanical things anyway,” he said. “It sure beats running up and down a hill with a rifle.”

After receiving orders to go to Korea, Hector made the trip by ship out of Washington State. He did not enjoy the experience.

“That was enough cruises for me,” he said. “We were crammed in there; we had bunks all the way to the ceiling about two feet apart, and it was hot and stuffy down there. We slept every other guy – my feet were in his face and his feet were in my face every other way and it was not the most pleasant trip.”

Hector was able to secure a bunk on the top in case someone got sick, and was fortunate enough to not get sick himself. About a week later they docked in Korea, north of Seoul . Hector remembers it well, with the lack of sanitation in the impoverished nation creating a smell they were aware of before even leaving the ship.

The Korean War was over, but the people were still suffering greatly.

“We went to Soule and it was completely bombed out, at the capitol building the windows were shot out; there was nothing,” he said.

People lived in small huts with straw roofs, dirt floors and little food.

“I don’t know how they survived – there was nothing to eat. I never saw a chicken or a cow or a pig; all they had was rice and we thought, ‘what are we over here for, this county’s not worth fighting for, there’s nothing here!’” he said. “But now, I guess it’s changed. They’re building cars and I guess they’re really prospering over there.”

The U.S. soldiers in Korea lived eight men to a tent, in weather that was similar to Minnesota, though with less snow in the winter. Hector has photos of many of the things they did, such as shaving using water heated with a propane torch. He keeps letters from friends and of everyone in the barracks, and knows he was fortunate to receive the most mail.

One memory that strikes very close to home, literally, is that the military had their eggs shipped over to them in 30-dozen crates. At least one of those crates was marked “Swift and Company, Sauk Centre, Minnesota.” Hector’s parents sold their eggs to Swift and Company, so some of the eggs he ate in Korea might have come from his own home farm.

During Hector’s time in Korea, he worked mostly on tanks, replacing many engines along the way.

“We just had to keep them running,” he said. “They were a V-12 aircooled engine, 810 HP, and none of them were any good. They got too hot.

They were air cooled and they should have been water cooled.”

When it was time for R&R, Hector has fond memories of a one-week trip to Japan and another to the island of Okinawa. He remembers the Japanese as being very nice people and very neat, all of them wearing white shirts and taking their shoes off before going into the house. He still has souvenirs from

HECTOR continued on page 16

This is a typical home, with a straw roof, dirt floors and little food in the 1950s in Korea.

The rolling hillsides of Korea made farming difficult, with rice as their main crop.

A U.S. Army tank sits precariously after sliding in the mud on a hillside in Korea.

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HECTOR continued from page 15 those trips, like intricate pool cues and a photo album made of teak wood.

All in all, it made for an experience he just would not have had if he’d stayed on the farm. He is glad he went into the service and was able to see new places and peoples.

“I think I learned more in those two years than I ever did before,” he said.

He also carries with him the certainty that the people of Korea appreciate the sacrifices made by American soldiers for their country. In 2016, Hector and his kids took a trip to Norway where his grandfather was born. At one stop,

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“I said, ‘you must be from Korea,’” Hector said. “She was kind of ashamed because the Koreans were considered second class and were looked down upon. But after I told her I was over there for a year, and she knew I was in the military, she said, ‘you saved us from the communists’ and she came and gave me a big hug. That made it all worthwhile.”

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bosnia / kuwait ★★★★★

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Grateful for life in the States

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By SARAH COLBURN Staff Writer MELROSE – Nate Jacobson’s service to the country sent him across the United States and to Germany, Bosnia and Kuwait. Like a turnof-the-century love story, it also connected him with the woman who is now his wife.

Jacobson is 30 years into his military career and currently serves as an active duty reservist.

In his civilian life, as well as his military life, he’s a physical therapist – a career path he stumbled upon after enlisting.

At the age of 51, Jacobson serves as a Lieutenant Colonel and said his time in the military has allowed him to encounter people he’d never otherise have the opportunity to meet.

knucklehead,” Jacobson said. “He knew it would be a good fit for me.”

He enlisted 13 hours before the United States’ Invasion of Panama.

Upon enlisting, Jacobson was so embarrassed by his poor college grades he didn’t even submit his college credits, which would have earned him immediate promotion points.

As all new recruits do, he took an aptitude test and was given a list of occupations.

Linguist was on the list and Jacobson decided he’d learn a Nate Jacobson (far left) is pictured with his weapons collection site crew in Bosnia. The crew different language, collected weapons and explosives, some of them unstable, from area farmers and residents who specifically Mandarin no longer wanted them on their property. Residents stockpiled arms to protect themselves from and Chinese, thinking hostilities in the region. ALL PHOTOS SUBMITTED when he left the service it would help him with “To realize the you more grateful for a manufacturing plant find some focus for his international work as different cultures we the life you have and the in Duluth, having left life and recommended an engineer. Instead, have within the United opportunities you have.” his attempt at college the United States Army. the Army told him he’d State is amazing,” he Jacobson enlisted when a supervisor Jacobson enlisted a few said. “To travel outside in 1990 at the age of pulled him aside and weeks later.

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JACOBSON continued from page 18 University.

Through the Montgomery Gi Bill, he received a bachelor of science that allowed him to apply for physical therapy programs. He went on to St. Scholastica to receive his master’s in physical therapy as he continued drills for the guard.

He worked his way up to Sergeant First Class as a Platoon Sergeant and was deployed to Bosnia with the Red Bull, the 2/194 Infantry Battalion.

He spent 10 months away from his wife and his two kids, Charlotte and Nicholas, who were 7 and 5 at the time.

He was boots on the ground in Bosnia for six months, leading a platoon of about 32 soldiers.

Their platoon was assigned to run patrols. They’d patrol areas of Bosnia and occasionally run weapons raids and collections. On collection days they’d set up different areas and farmers and local people would bring weapons and explosives they no longer wanted for collection. The people there, he explained, had

stockpiles of weapons in anticipation of hostilities breaking out again. But some, over time, became unstable or were things they no longer wanted to keep.

Their platoon would talk with local leaders of the various towns and districts and see what their needs were, what their questions and concerns were and how they could collaborate to keep the peace. During his time in Bosnia, Jacobson also helped organize fundraisers for school supplies and equipment.

“To see the atrocities, it makes you appreciate the United States,” he said. “You’re driving through a town and see all the bullet holes from machine gun fire and whole sections that are no longer livable. It’s a real eye-opener.”

The devastation and destruction, he said, is something that’s difficult to explain.

“It gives you an appreciation for the security and the peace that we have here in the U.S.,” he said. “I can leave my family without worrying about their safety and someone being there to protect

Kuwait twice, once to run a combat support hospital and serve in clinics throughout Kuwait. He did so as a physical therapist helping soldiers recover from training injuries, chronic pain and sportsrelated injuries. The second time he was the troop medical clinic commander in charge of overseeing the medical clinic which housed the air and ground evacuation teams for injuries.

During all of his deployments, including a stint in Germany for a year, Jacobson credits his wife with holding things together back in the United States.

“When I’m deployed, I’m with a group of people in a similar situation,” he said. “My wife, when I’m gone, is on her own. She’s so smart and resilient and capable. I’ve seen relationships with the soldiers who don’t have that, a husband or wife who doesn’t have those capabilites and it causes so many issues. Having that support at home is critical to being able to perform well while Nate Jacobson (back row, fifth from left) was deployed to Kuwait in 2018 to deployed.” work as a physical therapist overseeing the medical clinic that housed air and ground evacuation teams.

them.”

He said his fellow soldiers who’ve experienced the same type of travels can understand. As a physical therapist, he said, he may get an old WWII veteran or a Korean War veteran or a Vietnam veteran who may not share stories with their family but they’ll share them with him.

“We have similar experiences and can relate,” he said. “My job is

to make sure (the people in the U.S.) never have to experience that and they retain their rights to protest and speak their mind. That’s a wonderful right to have.”

After Bosnia, Jacobson returned to the states and became a First Lieutenant with the Army Reserve combat support hospital stationed at Ft. Snelling in St. Paul. A year into his role there, his son, Nicholas, got sick with hemolytic–uremic

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WAR IN IRAQ ★★★★★

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By DIANE LEUKAM Staff Writer ALBANY – “I remember when we got off the plane to Iraq … opening up the back doors and the rush of hot air that came into the body of the plane; it was ridiculous how hot it was,” Andrew Gravdahl said. “Here was this Norwegian country boy in the desert. Everything was bright, hot off the sand; it was nerve-wracking and exciting, a whole new experience.”

Gravdahl talked about his military deployments from his Albany home the evening of Oct. 25. It had been a busy weekend with his wife, Katherine, daughter Eleanor, 6, and son Emerson, 2.

As a 2000 graduate of Pequot Lakes, Gravdahl had considered joining the Marines or active duty Army, but decided he wanted to go to school first.

By the time he graduated, he felt like he was just going through the motions, and what he was doing wasn’t enough.

He still felt the military tugging at him and decided to pay the Brainerd recruiting officer a visit.

Before he left the office that day, he had signed up with the Minnesota Army National Guard.

“Whatever he said, I was sold,” Gravdahl said.

That was 2004.

Andrew Gravdahl sits on a destroyed Iraqi vehicle, a Russian-made T72, in 2006 at Camp Taji north of Baghdad.

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We thank and honor these service members

Last Name

First Name

Branch of Military.......Years of Service

McBride McCann McDonald McLain McNamara Meagher Jr. Meer Meier Meier Meissner Meissner Melton Menken Menth Mergen Mergen Messer Metcalf Meyer Meyer Meyer Meyer Meyer Meyer Meyer Meyer Meyer Meyer Meyer Meyer Meyer Meyer Meyer Meyer Middendorf Middendorf Mikkelson Miley Miller Miller Miller Miller Miller Miller Jr. Mills Milo Minette Minnerath Moberg Moening Mohs Molitor Molm Molus Morgel Morgel Morgel Morgel Moritz Moritz Mrosla Mueffelmann Mueller Murray Musburger Musolf Nathe Nathe Nathe Nathe Nathe Neal Nelson Netter Netter Newell

Randy Rex Jennifer A. Jean Gary April Michael James Nathan Roman Ryan J. Charlie Katie Larry Dan Cyril Chris Robert Gary James Adoph Aloys Bernard Bernard H. David David C. David C. Elmer L. Eugene J. Gary Gary T. Jerry Kenneth D. Loren T. Mark Philip Dave Victor Bruce William J. Andrew Arthur Dean B. Gene Roy Michael W. Marvin Timothy Chad Roman John Robert “Bud” Dean R. Tyler Craig Alfred Frank Jr. Frank Sr. Paul Steve Leander Leroy H. Arthur J. Gary Michael Leo Jerry Roland Gerald James H. James L. Kenneth C. Rueben N. William Marlo D. Edward Peter Michael

Nieland Nienaber Nienaber Nienaber Nienaber Nordine Notch reserve Nugent Nugent Nummela O’Brian Olloman Olmscheid Olmscheid (Brendle) Olson

Dennis Brian Garrett Jason Roman Howard “Bud” Alcuin

Air Force ............................................................... 22 years Minnesota Army National Guard .............28 Years- Present LTC (RET), United States Army 30 years, 3 months, 25 days U.S. Marine Corp............................................... 1983-1993 National Guard ............................................................ N/A Army National Guard............................................ 12 years Air Force ...................................................................... N/A Army ............................................................ 2004-Present Army ............................................................ 2000-Present Air Force ...................................................................... N/A Air Force ...................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Navy .......................................................... 1985-1993 Navy & Army Aircorps ...................................... 1942-1946 Marines ....................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ...................................................................... 2 years Army National Guard........................................ 1977-1999 .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1954-1956 Army ............................................................... 1955-1957 Army ................................................................ 1955-1957 Army ...................................................................... 2 years Army ................................................................ 1954-1956 Army ...................................................................... 2 years Army National Guard.............................................. 6 years U.S. Marine Corp............................................... 1952-1954 Army ...................................................................... 2 years Army ................................................................ 1968-1969 Army ................................................................ 1968-1969 U.S. Air Force .................................................... 1979-1983 U.S. Army ......................................................... 1960-1963 U.S. Airforce ..................................................... 1979-1983 Army ................................................................ 1954-1956 Army ................................................................ 1973-1978 Army ...................................................................... 2 years Army ................................................................ 1970-1972 U.S. Army ................................................................3 Years .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Marine Corp............................................... 1986-1992 U.S. Army ............................................................... 2 years .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Marine Corp............................................... 1953-1956 .................................................................................... N/A Army ............................................................ 2000-Present Army National Guard.................................... 2001-Present .................................................................................... N/A Air Force ................................................................. 4 years U.S. Army ......................1961-1963 Active, 6 years reserve U.S. Air Force .................................................... 1965-1969 Air Force ....................................................... 2014-Present Air Force Veteran .................................................. 35 years .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army National Guard........................................ 1959-1965 Army ........................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Air Force ........................................................... 1960-1968 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army Reserve & National Guard ....................... 1956-1990 Navy.................................................Nov. 1962-Sept. 1966 .................................................................................... N/A Marine Corp...................................................... 1966-1969 U.S. Marine Corp............................................... 1966-1969 Army ...................................................................... 5 years Air Force ........................................................... 1970-1974 Navy................................................................. 1968-1970 Marine Corp ....................................................1961 - 1965 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Navy/National Guard ............................. Navy 1970-1972, National Guard 1987-2007 Marine Corp...................................................... 1969-1970 Army National Guard........................... Sept. 2019-present Air Force .............................................. Feb. 2014 - Present National Guard ............................................2008 - Present Army .............................................. Feb. 1957-March 1963 Marine ................................................................... 2 years Army .........3 years active, 2 years standby & 2 years active

Eugene Henry Gary Michael Don John Lavina Everett R.

Army ................................................................ 1944-1948 Army .......................................................... Served in WWI Army ................................................................ 1973-1976 .................................................................................... N/A Marine ................................................................... 6 years U.S. Army ...........................................Jan. 1968-Oct. 1970 Army/Guards............. Army 1969-1976 Guards 1976-1991 .................................................................................... N/A

We thank and honor these service members

Last Name

First Name

Olson

Gordon

Olson Olson Opatz Opatz Opatz Opatz Opatz Opatz Opatz Opatz Orth Orth Otte Otte Pagel Pagel Pagel Paggen Pallow Pallow Pannek Pannek Pederson Perlinger Perne Peters Peters Peters Peters Peterson Peterson Peterson Peterson Petron Pfeifer Pfieffer Pflipsen Pflipsen Philippi Phlipsen Pierskalla Pierskalla Pietrowski Pilarski Pilarski Pilles Pintok Pischke Pogatschnik Pollreis Poptlewell Posch Posch Posch Powers Prestino Primus

Richard B. Virden Claude Claude Edw George Jackie Marlin William A. Jessica Leonard Phil Elmer Sandra Gray Allen Donald JoHann “John” Mike John John L Alfred Sr. Alois Bob Leo R. Alois George Jerome G. Richard Robert Arden Gene Mark Paul Mark Vern E. Phil Harold Terrance Jason J. Harold Leander Rebecca James M. Clemens DeWaine L. John Raymond Paul Edwin Robby Steve Angela Marvin L. Stephen Mark Adam Mark P.

Probach Proell Proell Pueringer Pueringer Quackenbush Quinn Quistorff Quistorff Quistorff Rachey Rachey Rademacher Rademacher Rademacher Raden Raden Radtke Raeker Rahn Ramseyer Rapp Rasmusen Rath Ratke Rausch Rausch Rausch Rausch Rausch Rausch Rausch Read

Kevin R Michael Tim Robert Robert Leo Frank Jeff Mike Richard Daryl Gerald Chad Gary N. Mary M. Lawrence Nicholas Brad Eugene Harvey Christopher Jerome G. Merlin Sylvester Manrad Le J. Alphonse Dave Jim Ken Tom Wendell William M. (Bill) Harold

Branch of Military.......Years of Service

Army/Army Reserve ...............................Army 1970-1972, Army Reserve 1974-1994 Navy................................................................. 1966-1968 Air Force ................................ April 17, 1946-Oct. 17, 1947 Army ................................................................ 1955-1957 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Military ....................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1953-1955 U.S. Marine Corp..................................................... 3 years MN Army National Guard ....................................... 8 years Army .................................................................... 22 years Army ................................................................ 1965-1977 Army ................................................................ 1963-1966 Army ................................................................ 1985-1992 .................................................................................... N/A Air Force ............................................................... 23 years Air Force ........................................................... 1951-1974 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Air Force ........................................................... 1962-1966 Army ........................................................................... N/A Army .................................... June 13, 1955-June 14, 1957 Army ................................................................ 1952-1954 Army ................................................. May 1955-May 1957 Marine Corp.........................................Nov. 21, 1951-1954 Air Force ........................................................... 1954-1958 Navy....................................................................... 4 years Marine Corp................................................................. N/A Navy................................................................. 1965-1969 .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1957-1959 Army ................................................................ 1970-1972 Army ................................................. Aug. 1942-Oct. 1945 Army ..................................................Feb. 1968-Feb. 1971 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Army ......................................................... 1963-1966 Army ................................................................ 1952-1954 Army ................................................................ 1952-1954 .................................................................................... N/A Navy................................................................. 1964-1968 National Guard ............................................................ N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1990-2011 Navy..................................................Nov. 1979-Aug. 1985 Army ............................................................ 2004-Present U.S. Army & Army National Guard ...............3 years (Army) 19 years (N.G.) Navy....................................................................... 5 years Army .......................................................................6 Years Army National Guard............................................ 25 years Army ................................................................ 1965-1968 .................................................................................... N/A Army Air Corp ..........................................................2 Years Army .................................................................... 1979-82 Army National Guard............................................ 11 years Army ...................................................................... 2 years U.S. Army ......................................................... 1974-1996 Air Force ............................................................ 26+ years Navy................................................................. 4 1/2 years Military ....................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Air Force ...................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1953-1955 Air Force ........................................................... 1959-1962 Army ................................................................ 1990-2010 Army ...................................................................... 2 years Army .................................... Nov. 10, 1945-May 13, 1947 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ..................................................................................

Army ..................................................................................

Navy...................................................................................

Army ..................................................................................

Army ........................................................................... N/A Marine Corp. & National Guard ............................. 30 years Air Force ........................................................... 1963-1967

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We thank and honor these service members

Last Name

Reiling Reisdorf Reller Reuter Ricker Rieland Rindahl Risdal Ritter Ritzer Ritzer Roberson Robertson Robischon Roche Roehl Roehrl Roehrl Roelike Roerick Rohe Rolfes Ronyak Ronyak Ronyak Rooney Rosner Ross Rousslang Rueter Rule Rule Rumzel Ryan Ryan Rybaczuk Sabrowsky Salzer Salzer Sanchez Sand Sand Sand Sandberg Sauerer Sauerer Scegura Scegura Schauble Scherping Schirmers Schirmers Schirmers Schleicher Schlicht Schlichting Schloegl Schloegl Schmainda Schmainda Schmid Schmid Schmid Schmid Schmid Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmiesing Schmiesing Schmit Schmit Schmitt Schneider Schneider Schneider Schnell Schramel Schreder Schultz Jr. Schurman Schwab Schwalbe Schwalbe Schwieters Schwieters Schwinghamer Schwinghamer Schwinghamer Schwinghamer Schwinghamer Schwinghammer

First Name

Gary P. George Tom Wayne Ronald Dan Bruce E. Troy Kenneth Adolph Reed Mark Charles (Dave) Michael Frank Randall D. Arthur P. Melvin “Mel” Ken Maria Othmar Allen Bernard Bernard G. Robert M. Mike J. Michael Jim Richard J. Joseph Justin Samantha Zitur Jake Bill Joe Ryan DuWayne H. Frank Lawrence Rodney Lawrence Maynard T. Rembert A. Rebecca Melvin Michael Ludwig Ludwig John Donald A. Denis Stephen A. William Cory Michael Don James A. Thomas J. Charles Ronald Donald E. Frank A. George A. Lee B Terrence Kenneth A. Raymond G. Roger F. Ronald S. Lisa SSG. Lisa A. Ernie Ernie Martin Denis John H. Raymond Cyril (Sam) Kenneth Eugene Richard Eugene E. Terence J. Alex C. Cyril Joseph A. Nicholas Chris Craig Joseph Joseph Thomas Roger

Branch of Military.......Years of Service

.................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Air Force ................................................................. 4 years Army .......................................................................2 Years U.S. Air Force .................................................... 1960-1964 Navy Seabees .....................................2.5 years in Vietnam Navy...................................................Oct. 1965-Aug.1969 Army National Guard............................................ 12 years U.S. Navy .......................................................... 1959-1963 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Navy................................................................. 1982-1986 Air Force ........................................................... 1956-1960 Navy & U.S.S. ................................................... 1966-1970 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1943-1945 Navy................................................................. 1945-1946 Army Green Beret................................................... 4 years Coast Guard ................................................................. N/A U.S. Army ............................................................... 2 years National Guard ............................................................ N/A Air Force ........................................................... 1958-1962 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1966-1968 Army ................................................................ 1967-1970 U.S. Navy ................................................................ 3 years Army ........................................................................... N/A Army ...................................................................... 2 years Air Force ...................................................................... N/A Air Force ...................................................................... N/A Air Force ..................................................................8 Years Army .......................................................................2 Years .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Marine Corps ................................................... 1953-1957 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ............................2 years active duty/6 years reserve Air Force ..........................................................1947 - 1951 Air Force ........................................................... 1952-1956 Army ........................................................................... N/A Marines ............................................................ 1941-1945 Army ................................................................ 1966-1968 Army ...................................................................... 3 years .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Navy Sea Bees ........................................... 1967-1970 Army National Guard.............................................. 6 years .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ........................................................................... N/A U.S Navy Air ..................................................... 1961-1964 Army ...................................................................... 2 years Navy USN. ........................................................ 1982-2005 U.S. Army ........................................................ 1983-1985 Navy Seabees ......................................................... 2 years .................................................................................... N/A Air Force .....................................Nov. 4 1940-Oct. 31 1964 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army Air Force .................................................. 1943-1946 .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1961-1964 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Army .................................................................... N/A Army ...................................................1995-2016, Retired Army ................................................................ 1971-1973 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Air Force ........................................................... 1955-1959 Army ...................................................................... 3 years Army ................................................................ 1957-1959 Army ................................................................ 1970-1972 Army ................................................................ 1966-1967 .................................................................................... N/A Army .......................................................................3 Years U.S. Air Force .......................................................... 4 years Army .............................................................. 17 1/2 years .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1972-1974 U.S. Military ................................................................ N/A Army National Guard.............................................. 7 years Army National Guard........................................ 1984-2004 Army National guard .............................................. 4 years Army National Guard.............................................. 2 years Army National Guard........................................... 1.5 years Army National Guard.............................................. 7 years

We thank and honor these service members

Last Name

First Name

Sell Sell Sell Sells Senart Senger Senger Shabel Sherman Sieben Sieben Sieben Sieben Sieben Sieben Sieben

David Jeffrey Larry John Rudolph Chris Chuck Duane V. Douglas Aaron Dennis Eugene Oswald Paul Robert Dave

Silbernagel Skwira Smith Smith Smith Sobotta Soenneker Sogge Solarz Solarz Solarz Solarz Solinger Solinger Solinger Soltis Sorquist Sowada Sowada Spanier Spooner Springer Springer Stalberger Stang Stegura Stepan Stevens Stiles Stiller Stock Stock Stodolka Storie Straub Straub Streit Stresnak Strom Strutzyk Studer Studinski Stueve Suchy Sunderman Sundermann Super Swedenburg Symanietz Szczawinski Tarnowski Tegels Terhaar Terwey Thang Theisen Theisen Thell Thell Thell Thielen Thielman Thielman Thielman Thielman Thielman Thielman Thome Thompson Timp Toenies Toenyan Tomsche Traut Tschida Tschida

John Tyler Fred Herbert William Bruce Joe Erik Derrek Derrek D. Felix Joseph Herman Andrew Andrew Rick John Rick Stanley Stanley Joseph Roger Arthur Edward L. Paul Anthony Marvin Walter Patrick L. Michael Chris Donald S. Adam Anita Jim C. Sr. Jim Robert, Jr. Robert, Sr. Stanley Elmer Martin Richard Sally Albert Arnold B. Jerome James A. Roman James Quint Stanley Joseph Andrew Stanley Eric Jack Arthur B. Everett James E. Marcellus J. Daniel David R. Roger B. Paul U. Delroy J. James A. Jerry Robert Jr. Sylvester Theodore Alois Laurel Gene Patrick Donald J. Gary Robert Victor J. Harold Rick

Branch of Military.......Years of Service

Air Force .................................................. 24 years-present Marine Corp......................................................... 6.5 years Air Force/Army Guard/Air Guard.........................27.5 years Air Force ................................................................. 5 years .................................................................................... N/A Army .................................................................... 30 years Army .................................................................... 13 years .................................................................................... N/A Army ...................................................................... 2 years Navy....................................................................... 6 years U.S. Marine ............................................................ 6 years Navy................................................................. 1948-1950 Army .......................................................................1913-?

Army National Guard.............................................. 2 years Army .......................2 years Army 20 years National Guard Army Infantry.....................................2 year of active duty & 24 years of army reserve duty Air Force .....................................3 years, 1 month, 25 days .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Marine Corp...................................................... 1974-1976 Army ................................................................ 1966-1969 Army ............................................................ 2004-Present Marines ....................................................................... N/A Marines .................................................................. 4 years U.S. Army ............................................................... 2 years .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1954-1956 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Navy................................................................. 1976-1990 Air Force ........................................................... 1996-2008 Army ................................................................ 1961-1963 Army ...................................................................... 2 years .................................................................................... N/A Air Force ........................................................... 1954-1974 Navy................................................................. 1960-1964 Navy............................................................................ N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Marine Corp...................................................... 2006-2010 Army ........................................................................... N/A Army .................................................... 2006-2010 OIF 7-9 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Marine Corp.................................Oct. 1964-Dec. 1968 Army ...................................................................... 3 years Army ...................................................................... 3 years .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A National Guard ............................................................ N/A Army ..................................................................................

Army .................................................................... 20 years Navy ..................................................................10.5 years .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Marine Corp./Air Force............................................ 7 years U.S. Navy .......................................................... 1964-1966 .................................................................................... N/A Marine Corp...................................................WWII 3 years Marines ............................................................ 1966-1967 Army ................................................................ 1943-1947 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Navy....................................................................... 4 years .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ...................................................................... 2 years Army ................................................................ 1968-1972 Army ............................................................. 1956 & 1957 MN Army National Guard ................................. 1971-2000 Army ................................................................ 1955-1957 Air Force ..........................................................1950 - 1954 U.S. Army ......................................................... 1946-1947 MN Army National Guard ................................. 1970-1977

We thank and honor these service members

Last Name

First Name

Tschida Pierce Tucker Turner Turner Uhlenkamp Uhlenkamp Uhlenkamp Uhlenkamp Uhlenkamp Uhlenkamp Uhlenkamp Uhlenkamp Uphoff Uphoff Uphoff Uphoff Uphoff Uphus Vander Heyden Vanderheyden VanHeel VanHeel Vaughan Veeder Viehauser Voit Voit Voller Voller Voller

Nancy Caleb Randy Todd David Donnie Ernest Lyle Randal Carl Robert Roger Vern Bill Bob Cel Jim Virgil Sylvester Jim James Art Robert John A. Donald Kenneth G. Cyril Leonard Frederick Joseph W. Thomas

Voller Vos Vos Voss Voss Wagner Waldorf Walter Walz Walz Wambeke Wander Wander Warga Warga Warga Warzecha Watry Watry Weber Weber Wedel Weimerskirch Weiner Weiner Weisgram

Frederick John Ralph R. Arnold F. Vernon Arnold Henry Robert Dave Louis Roy G. Patrick Adam Don Betty Donald Donald Kenneth Daniel Dustin Joe Kaila Joseph John Dwayne Merlin Shawn D.

Branch of Military.......Years of Service

U.S. Air Force .................................................... 1973-1994 Navy............................................................................ N/A National Guard ................................................. 1974-1997 National Guard ............................................. 1997-Present Army ................................................................ 1954-1957 Army ................................................................ 1960-1962 Army ................................................................ 1953-1955 Army ................................................................ 1961-1963 Army National Guard........................................ 1982-1988 Army ................................................................ 1968-1970 Army ................................................................ 1968-1970 Army National Guard........................................ 1962-1968 Air Force .......................................................... 1969-1973 Army ................................................................ 1964-1967 Army ............................................................... 1945-1946 Army Reserve ................................................... 1967-1973 Army ................................................................ 1953-1955 Navy................................................................. 1946-1947 Army ................................................................ 1963-1968 .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Air Force .............4 years Air Force, 6 years Air Reserve Army ................................................................ 1958-1959 Army ................................................................ 1965-1969 Army ..................................................................39+ Years .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ...............2 years Active Duty/3 years National Guard Army ...................................................................... 6 years Guards & Reserves..................26 Years Guards & Reserves, 1 year active duty National Guard .. 2 yrs. Active Duty/3 years National Guard Army ........................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1950-1952 Air Force ................................................................. 4 years .................................................................................... N/A Air Force ...................................Oct. 6 1988 - Oct. 31 2013 Army National Guard........................................ 1959-1965 Army/National Guard ....................................... 1962-1968 Army/Army Reserve/National Guard ................ 1955-1990 Air Force ................................................................. 3 years MN Army National Guard ............................. 2002-Present Army ...................................................................... 2 years .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1952-1954 Army ................................................................ 1952-1954 .................................................................................... N/A Navy............................................................................ N/A Air Force ...................................................................... N/A Army National Guard........................................ 1959-1965 Air Force ...................................................................... N/A U.S. Navy .......................................................... 1969-1972 Army National Guard.............................................. 8 years Army ................................................................ 1946-1948 Army ................................................................ 1945-1948 Army .............................................. Sept. 2008-Sept. 2012

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We thank and honor these service members

Last Name

Weisser Weisser Welle Weller Welters Wenderski Wenker Wenning Wensman Wensman Wensmann Wensmann Wensmann Wensmann Wensmann Wentland Westendorf Westerbeck Wiebolt Wiener Wiener Wiener Wiener Wilson Wingate Wohletz Woitalla Woitalla Wolff Wood Woodley Woodley Wrobel Wunderlich Wyffels Yarke Young Young Young Yurczyk Yurczyk Zanoth Zanoth Zapzalka Zapzalka Zeimetz Zeimetz Zeimetz Zeimetz Zeis Zeis Zeis Zierden Zimmerman Zimmerman Zimmerman Zimmermann

First Name

Mike Mike Kelly Dave Allen Harvey Roger Bernard Kenneth L. Robert Steve Donald Gerald Herbert Jerome Leroy Louis Herman Todd Bernard Julian Matt Rob Robert “Bud” Dustin Timothy W. Kevin Clarence P. Raymond Richard Mike Brandy Ben Henry J. Nicole Joseph Joseph LeRoy LeRoy B. Stephen Linus Linus Edward Jerome Gary Gary Charlie Mike Nick G. Walter Ervin Ervin Robert F. Walter John (Jack) Linus Terrell “TZ” Ralph

Branch of Military.......Years of Service

Navy....................................................................... 3 years Navy....................................................................... 3 years .................................................................................... N/A MN Army National Guard ................................. 1969-1975 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A US Army .................................. Feb 10, 1960 - Feb. 9, 1966 .................................................................................... N/A Army National Guard..........................................39.5 years Army .................................................................... 37 years Army ................................................................ 1951-1953 Army .................................................................... 31 years Army ................................................................ 1954-1956 Army ................................................................ 1954-1956 Army ................................................................ 1954-1956 .................................................................................... N/A Navy................................................................. 1945-1947 U.S. Navy .......................................................... 1981-1987 Army ................................................................ 1953-1955 Army ........................................................................... N/A MN Army National Guard ................................. 1924-1928 Army National Guard.............................................. 9 years U.S. Army .................................................................... N/A Reserves...................................................................... N/A Navy................................................................. 1968-1973 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Navy................................................................. 1965-1969 Navy................................................................. 1963-1967 Navy........................................................20 years, 20 days Army ...................................................................... 2 years Army/Army Reserve .................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ........................................................................... N/A Army ........................................7 years, 7 months & 4 days Navy.................................................. Nov. 1965-Oct. 1969 Army ................................................................ 1953-1955 .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1988-1994 Marines ............................................................ 1958-1962 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1980-1982 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Army ....................................Dec. 11, 1956 - Dec. 11, 1958 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Air Force ................................................................. 4 years Air Force ........................................................... 1951-1972 U.S. Navy Sea Bees ........................................... 1959-1961 Army National Guard........................................ 1959-1965

Thank You for Your Service!

The names included in the salute this year were submitted through various sources.

Should there be an error in spelling, branch of service, or years served, please contact us. If you wish to be included in next year’s Veterans Edition, please contact kayla@ saukherald.com. You do not need to re-submit names each year, as they will be reprinted from past years.

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The history and significance of Veterans Day On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice between Germany and the Allied nations came into effect. On Nov. 11, 1919, Armistice Day was commemorated for the first time. In 1919, President Wilson proclaimed the day should be "filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for

the victory." There were plans for parades, public meetings and a brief suspension of business activities at 11 a.m.

In 1926, the United States Congress officially recognized the end of World War I and declared that the anniversary of the armistice should be commemorated with prayer and thanksgiving.

The Congress also requested that the

president should "issue a proclamation calling upon the officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on Nov. 11 and invite the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies of friendly relations with all other peoples."

An Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U. S. Code, Sec. 87a) was

approved on May 13, 1938, which made Nov. 11 in each year a legal holiday, known as Armistice Day. This day was originally intended to honor veterans of World War I. A few years later, World War II required the largest mobilization of servicemen in the history of the United States and later the American forces fought in Korea. In 1954, the veterans service organizations

urged Congress to change the word "Armistice" to "Veterans." Congress approved this change and on June 1, 1954, Nov. 11 became a day to honor all American veterans, whereever and whenever they had served.

In 1968 the Uniforms Holiday Bill (Public Law 90363 (82 Stat. 250)) made an attempt to move Veterans Day to the fourth Monday of October. The bill took

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In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed Public Law 94-97 (89 Stat. 479), which stated that Veterans Day would again be observed on Nov. 11 from 1978 onwards. Veterans Day is still observed on Nov. 11.

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