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The Moses Dane GAR Cemetery in Burtrum was established in 1897 with proceeds from a bean bake. ALL PHOTOS BY HERMAN LENSING

Civil War style baked beans support veterans cemetery Burtrum event began in 1897

BURTRUM – There are a number of events dedicated to preserving memories of veterans and those who served.

Few have the longevity of the one in Burtrum.

Like many events last year, it was cancelled because of COVID-19 concerns. This year town residents again worked together for a fundraiser, started long ago to help a veteran organization and its auxiliary.

“It’s been going on for 125 years. So far, I know it has been a continuous event,” said Ron Strassburg, mayor of Burtrum and an organizer for the annual baked bean fundraiser. “I really don’t know what started it. It used to be what the Women’s Relief Corps did a long time ago.”

The WRC was an auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic. It continues to preserve research of records and documents that pertain to the Civil War and GAR. The GAR was founded by Civil War veterans as a fraternal and advocacy group. It dissolved in 1956 after the death of the last member in Duluth.

Among the GAR activities was the purchase of land for cemeteries. In Burtrum, that site is the Moses Dane GAR Cemetery. In 1897, the GAR held a bean bake to raise funds for the land. It became a tradition of support for the cemetery.

“One of the Civil War Veterans, Moses Dane, is buried there,” said Strassburg.

Moses Dane (1815-93) was born in Vermont and

By HERMAN LENSING Staff Writer at some point moved to Wisconsin. His headstone says he was with the 13th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. He served from Oct. 28, 1861 until Feb. 8, 1864, according to the regimental records, when he was discharged for a disability. The regiment served in Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana and Texas. It was disbanded in December 1865.

The GAR hit on the idea of the bean bake and used it to raise funds for the cemetery at Burtrum. The first year the dinners were sold for 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for children; it cleared $19.05 in profits.

From there, the event was used to help raise funds for maintenance of the cemetery.

More than the GAR is a Civil War influence on the event. Whether by coincidence or planning, the use of beans is fitting. Various records from the Civil War, time and again, speak favorably of the baked beans served to the soldiers in camps. One historian called them the first convenience food.

Strassburg didn’t know the exact origins of the recipe that’s followed, but said it has been used for a number of years.

“I’ve only been helping 15 years or maybe 20 years,” he said. “We are kind of the fourth generation Seth Strassburg stirs ingredients, such as side pork, as the beans simmer and boil Oct. 1 in of our family to work on it.”

Burtrum. The tradition of a bean bake goes back Baked Beans continued page 4 125 years.

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One person who has him beat is Janet Schinski, who has worked at the event for 70 years. She started when she was 10 years old.

“My dad told me not to spill coffee on anyone,” she said.“I did spill on one lady.”

Today she is in charge of the potatoes, which she says are prepared with a secret ingredient. The potatoes are just one of the menu items prepared for the fundraiser. The work for the event begins almost two months ahead of time with a planning meeting. When September comes, there is work every weekend.

“We’ve been meeting three weekends now,” Strassburg said Sept. 24 in a phone interview. “One weekend we had to make the noodles. We gotta get the rutabagas and that taken care of on another weekend. There is another weekend for the chicken.

Normally, we do that on weekends because we need all the help we can get and the weekends is when we can get enough help.”

The main course, the beans, is prepared the final weekend. Cooks from

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Steve Marty tests the flavor of the broth from beans Oct. 1 in Burtrum. When the flavors and textures of the beans were right, he pronounced them ready for burying in coals; Marty has been helping prepare the beans for 49 years.

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“It is the recipe that has been pretty much followed the entire time,” said Strassburg. “They cook for a couple of hours, then we add other ingredients.”

Those ingredients would be side pork and a sweetener. Honey, molasses and sorghum sugar were used in the Civil War camp; Burtrum uses another readily available sweetener.

“It’s just brown sugar,” said Strassburg. “They’ve always turned out so far.”

The baking process starts at about 4 or 4:30 p.m. when the beans,

Baked Beans from page 5 in pots, are placed in a baking box in the ground, covered with heated coals, and the baking area sealed. They stay there for 24 hours, and according to Strassburg, are delicious. Apparently, others agree.

“We have served between 380 and 385 people,” he said. “This year, I’ve had messages of people coming from Iowa. They have relatives in the cemetery or they used to live in the town.”

The beans, served from a pot, are part of a full meal that includes potatoes, rutabagas, noodles, chicken, cole

slaw, a roll and a slice of pie.

“We serve the meal from a 60-pound pot,” said Strassburg. “From a 40-pound pot we sell the beans. People bring pails and take them home.

Some come just for the rutabagas.”

Takeout chicken is also sold. Serving this year was from 4:30 to 8 p.m. at the community center. The site of where the meal is served has changed over the years, but the reason has not.

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“A lot of people come because they know it (the funds raised) goes to the ” cemetery and it helps keep it up,” said Strassburg.

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By HERMAN LENSING Staff Writer ST. ANNA – Opening the pages of a book, Bob Lang was in touch with the world.

“I saw airplanes and wondered how they could fly,” he said. “In the two-room school house at St. Anthony there were encyclopedias. I read about the theory of flight.”

He smiles and chuckles a bit at the memory of reading those passages. Actually he does that a lot when telling how that interest led him to wondering about jet engines, which led to a desire to work on them, which led to his being in the U.S. Navy. He knew he wanted to work on those engines and keep planes flying. As he entered his late teens, the possibility of the draft and Vietnam War were very much a part of life. He decided to avoid being drafted and opted to volunteer for service in the Navy. There were some tradeoffs.

“I really could not see myself in a jungle carrying guns,” he said, one of the few times his eyes were not laughing. “If you joined the service you served four years, but if you were drafted you served two years.”

He entered the Navy in September of 1963 and served until August of 1967. He not only sailed on the Atlantic, Caribbean and Mediterranean, but was able to work with jet engines along the way. He had actually passed the mechanical aptitude test before he reported to the Navy; that guaranteed he would be working with jets. When he was asked where he wanted to be assigned, he quickly gave three responses.

“I said fighter jets for my first answer; my second choice was on an aircraft carrier and my third choice

was on the East Coast,” he said. “I got lucky. I got all three.”

Lang was assigned to the VF13 F8 Fighter squadron.

The squadron was deployed on the U.S. aircraft carrier Shangri-La. The ship’s name was inspired by President Franklin Roosevelt, when he said the planes of the Doolittle raid on Tokyo during World War II came from Shangri-La. When a new aircraft carrier was built, it received that name.

The 880-foot-long carrier had another distinction in U.S. Naval history: It was the first aircraft carrier to have an angled deck added.

“It started off as a straight deck. When you have a straight deck you sometimes have aircraft at the end of the deck; sometimes returning planes would smash into those aircraft,” said Lang. “They put on angled decks, always to the left, because aircraft engines rotate to the right and had a tendency to counter rotate the airplane to left. It was much safer.”

Lang went aboard the Shangri-La in Florida, set to sea and became seasick. They took him off the flight deck for a time and put him in the bakery shop. Once, he served in there during a hurricane.

“We were supposed to make jelly rolls, but because of waves, all the batter went to one side,” he said already grinning about the end of the story. “The head cook said, ‘we will not be making jelly rolls.’”

Most of his time aboard ships, though, was spent repairing jets and keeping them flying. He was good at it and became the repairman sent off ship to get some jets flying again.

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SAUK CENTRE – Nicole Westbrock was born and raised in Sauk Centre. By fourth grade, she had already figured out that enlisting in the National Guard would be a great way to get through college. In fifth grade following the Sept.

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In ninth grade, her brother enlisted and then she knew she could do it, too.

When she was a senior in the fall of 2008, she enlisted with an intention to become a medic.

Now, 11 years into her career, she has achieved her goal of becoming a flight medic and has participated in stateside Medevac missions as well as a deployment to Kuwait and Iraq.

It can be a long road, becoming capable to serve as she does. Under her first six-year contract, Westbrock performed duties as a medic in two different units. When this contract was finished, she spent two years as a civilian.

During that time, with her bachelor’s degree in accounting, she was doing taxes locally and working as an EMT for the local ambulance department. Still, she felt inspired to return.

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Westbrock from page 12

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“It’s fun when you can fly around helping people in their time of need,” Westbrock said.

These days, Westbrock works for Mayo Clinic Ambulance as a paramedic in St. Cloud. She is also enlisted as a flight medic with the National Guard in St. Cloud. She participates in weekend drills and completes an additional minimum of 48 hours of flight time throughout the year.

Reflecting on her time in the military, Westbrock noted that she has had many incredible opportunities that she might never have had as a civilian.

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If Westbrock had the chance, what might she say to the high school girl she was before she enlisted?

“Stick with it,” she said. “I’ve learned a lot – more than I thought I’d ever learn. The good times outweigh the bad and it was worth it in the end. I don’t regret getting back in, because I’ve loved every minute of it.”

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ALBANY – Every time a veteran in the Albany area dies, Michael Noll, commander of the Albany American Legion Honor Guard, buffs his combat boots. He dons his dark beret, white gloves, yellow ascot, white-pressed shirt and blue dress slacks with pants bloused just above the boot, ready to serve his country.

It’s the official uniform of the American Legion and it means Noll, a retired Army veteran, is off to honor others who have valiantly served their country. He and his comrades do this every month, usually once or twice a month, roughly 25 times a year.

“They need to be honored, they gave part of their lives for it, they gave to their country,” he said.

As commander of the Albany American Legion, Noll rallies other vets to come provide honor at the service and graveside of area veterans. Now, he said, most of the WWII vets are deceased but he’s getting more requests to attend the services of Korean War vets and Vietnam War vets and some from even more recent wars and eras.

As the wind blows, the veterans gather together graveside for the rifle salute – the firing of seven rifles, three times each.

In a loud, direct voice Noll commands: “Rifle squad,” “Atten-tion!,” “Port Arms,” “Prepare to fire.”

As the veterans step back in unison with their right foot, they take the safety off their M1 Grands, loaded with blanks. Then comes the final command: “Ready,” followed by a pause for a three-second silence, “fire,” and then a pull of the trigger emits the blast. “Ready,” three seconds…“fire” blast. “Ready” three seconds…”fire” blast.

The sound pierces the quiet cemetery grounds and as the ringing of the blast fades, Taps being played on the bugle rises to fill the space. The honor guard olds its position of attention as a representative of the branch of the military folds the flag and presents it to the family.

The flag, in and of itself at a service, is something to behold. Depending on the branch of service, the flag may either be draped over top of the casket, held over the casket before being folded, or in the case of an urn, brought in folded, unfolded and re-folded in the presence of the mourners.

The job is precise, so precise it isn’t always handled by local people.

Representatives of various branches of the military train specially to fold the flag. They attend practices, focusing on the precision angles, executing slow salutes and folding the flag to perfection. Depending on the branch of service, flag folding representatives may come from St. Cloud, the Twin Cities or as far away as the Dakotas.

The entire experience is a reminder and an honor with a long-held history.

“When we fire the rifle salute, it’s a tradition that’s been carried on for generations, it’s very moving,” Noll said. “It’s the last call for them, Taps are played.”

For him, the formality of saying goodbye is important.

“All the guys in the Guard, we’re proud of what we do, it’s our little way of thanking the veterans,” he said.

The families of those who have died are always grateful for their presence and the way the military honors the deceased, he said.

When Noll gets a call about a death, he contacts the area veterans, the 25 members of the honor guard – some are working, some are retired. He works to get as many as seven vets to fire the salute, a bugler and members to carry the flag.

Every third week of the month the contingent travels to Camp Ripley to carry out the burial honor guard duties at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls. They travel together in a van donated for the day by Albany Chrysler.

Noll is proud of his military background. His father, grandfather, three brothers and daughter also served in the military, and his son-in-law is a current officer with the U.S. Navy.

“There’s a lot of tradition in the family and I grew up with military in the background,” he said. “I feel very strongly about what the military has done for the country.”

Michael Noll serves as the MC and speaker for the 2019 Veterans Day event. ALL PHOTOS SUBMITTED Noll has been part of the American Legion for a decade and he currently is serving as Commander of the Honor Guard of the Albany American Legion. He’s been with the honor guard for eight years.

He volunteered for the draft on Feb. 12, 1969. He was part of the U.S. Army and stationed in Fort Campbell, Kentucky for basic training. He served in Fort Eustis, Virginia, and in August of the same year left for Korea where he was part of the 377th medical air ambulance company (Dustoff ) as a helicopter mechanic. When he returned from Korea, he met his wife, Diane, at a dance at the ballroom in Avon. They were married in November of 1972 and she supported him through his service years, taking care of their family and providing emotional support as he continued his service to the country.

He received an honorable discharge in 1975. He has a break in service and then enlisted in 1982 in the Paynesville Company C First Battalion, 409th Infantry, 205th Infantry Brigade as tow gunner.

He was promoted to E5 Sergeant and then went active-duty Guard Reserve and was assigned to the Fergus Falls unit, Company B, First Battalion, 409th Infantry. He was a squad leader, an assistant training NCO, and was there until 1988 when he was assigned to the Company B, 3/158th Aviation Regiment out of Waukesha, Wisconsin.

He was promoted to E6, PMOS 67N3F, and was crew chief and assigned as training Honor Guard continued page 15

The Albany American Legion Honor Guard stands for a rifle salute – after firing and while Taps is played – providing military funeral honors at Camp Ripley MSVC.

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Michael Noll (right) performs a pre-flight inspection in preparation for a helicopter air assault rappelling demonstration at Fergus Falls. The soldier standing with him is MSG Schultz, a ranger and rappel master.

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Honor Guard from page 19 NCO and standardization instructor for crew chiefs with more than 300-night vision goggle hours.

His final transfer was to HHC 244th Aviation Brigade, First Sergeant in Fort Sheridan, Illinois. The brigade was in charge of all Reserve aviation assets in the United States at the time including the Chinook and the Black Hawk. He went to retired reserves Nov. 15, 2001 and got his official certificate of retirement in October of 2009.

In addition to honoring veterans throughout the region, the Albany American Legion Honor Guard also participates every year in Albany Heritage Days and functions for Veterans Day and Memorial Day. During the parade, he said, it’s good to see people standing and respecting the military and service members including police and fire.

Additionally, if any member of an honor guard anywhere in Minnesota dies, the District Legion will recruit representatives of all units to carry the American flag for the service. At any given time, Noll said, nearly a dozen units could be represented at the service of an American Legion Honor Michael Noll in 1969 at the bunk er in Ascom, Guard member.

Korea.

He has the personal responsibility at every service, after the salute is fired, to go collect the spent shells and gather them into a pouch to present to the family as a tangible reminder of their loved one’s service.

The Albany American Legion Honor Guard leads the Albany Heritage Days parade.

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 90-363 (82 Stat. 250)) made an attempt to move Veterans Day to the fourth Monday of October. The bill took effect in 1971. However, this caused a lot of confusion as many states disagreed with this decision and continued to hold Veterans Day activities on Nov. 11. 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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Legion’s mission to help veterans

By HERMAN LENSING Staff Writer

SAUK CENTRE – The American Kowski predicts there will be an increase in requests for aid from Legion was founded over a century the Legion in the near future. When that happens, the Legion will be ago to help veterans. there to help.

It does so admirably, but Scott Kowski, “When filing disability claims, we can have an American Legion current commander of American representative file a disability claim for you,” he said. “They specialize Legion Post 67 in Sauk Centre, is in that knowledge base of what it takes to get a claim approved or to also looking to the future. To that end, he likes getting the word actually be in correspondence to know what kind of documentation out on what the Legion is – and isn’t. you need. When they (current deployed personnel) come back from “A lot of people don’t realize what the Legion is and what they this tour, a lot will be eligible for benefits they were not eligible for do,” he said. “We are not here just for past veterans. It is also for those before being deployed.” currently serving.”

It is not just veterans that Legion posts assist. Recently, the Sauk Kowski became commander of the post this past May. He recently Centre post helped some of those deployed service members return retired after 22 years full-time in the military. He has realized something home for a family emergency. as he chairs the meetings.

“We donated money for those soldiers to fly home and attend to “I am one of the youngest people attending the meetings,” he said. their emergencies,” said Kowski.“We are not here just for past veterans.

“Our membership has stayed fairly consistent, but we are starting to It is also for those currently serving.” lose guys who are decision makers.”

The American Legion does not exist in a bubble, and all posts The Legion exists to help every veteran. are part of a community. Kowski would like to see his post become “If you wore a uniform, you can belong the American Legion,” a greater part of the community. It would only help in its service to Kowski said. “We have been an open post since the Gulf War. You don’t veterans to do so. have to have served in a war zone to be a member.”

He notes, with pride, that Legion posts help sponsor baseball teams, Kowski is reaching out to current and recent members of the donate to police departments for child safety, send students to Boys’ military. The benefits the Legion works for are not just for those from and Girls’ State and donate to school patrols. Recently, the Sauk Centre the World War II, Korea and Vietnam eras. Many benefits are available post made a donation for Our Lady of Angels Catholic parish’s Chow to any veteran – and being a member of the Legion helps obtain them. Mein Dinner to help provide meals to veterans at Eagle’s Healing Nest.

“A lot of younger guys think, ‘I don’t use benefits,’ but Legion “We are targeting not just younger veterans but the public in also voices on their behalf for the general,” he said. education benefits for the GI Bill, for VA In his community, he pointed home loans – they are eligible to any out, the Legion is available to work “Those [new veterans] are the people we veteran,” Kowski said. “The larger the with almost any element. It provides want to get involved; they are the future of membership we have, the more we can BINGO on Sundays, the hall is available our Legion. We need their assistance, we lobby for educational benefits, which a for receptions and meals are served need their ideas. Their opinions matter. lot of the younger generation are using.

Tuesdays through Fridays.

Their perspective is different than mine is The benefits are quite good because “Those (events) are not just for members of the Legion are fighting for veterans,” he said. “It is an open post, and we need that new outlook.” these benefits.” anyone can come in. The money Scott Kowski, commander, The Legion is a great service from those events and our charitable American Legion Post 67 in Sauk Centre and lobbying organization for older gambling goes to help veterans.” veterans. It provides free assistance for He’d like to see more use of the those trying to navigate through the forms needed for the benefits, hall by the public. Recently, the hall received a request from a group provides transportation and, occasionally, financial assistance to those of ladies who asked if they could meet there to play cards and have who need to get to VA appointments. something to eat. They were told they could.

“A lot of our work does go to helping older veterans, helping “That is promoting the club, and use of facility, and it all supports with VA appointments, family support and networking with County veterans,” he said. “It is a way to let people know what we do, and have Veterans service organizations,” he said. “But I tell younger members it the public coming in. They say the food is great.” is more for giving now, for what you are going to get later.”

The outside wall of the Sauk Centre American Legion/VFW building has a painted mural dedicated to all the heroes of our military service members.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE! PHOTO BY KAYLA HUNSTIGER

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Abeln Abers Achman Achman Achman Achman Achman Achman Adrian Adrian Ahrens Aleshire Anderson Anderson Anderson, Jr. Andresen Andrews Angulski Angulski Arnold Athman 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. Alex (Gus) Arnold Jack Chester Vince Norman John M. Vern F. 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 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 Borgmann Bosl Bosshardt Boucher Braun Braun Braun Brendle Brendle Breth Breth

Joe Daniel M. Frank Rudy Roger David E. Bill 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 Nick Harold Leslie S. Bonnie Bruce R. Ralph John Roy Dan Eugene L.

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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 Navy................................................................. 1942-1946 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Navy....................................................................... 2 years .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1945-1947 Army ............................................................... 1954-1957 Army National Guard.............................................. 6 years 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 ......................................................................... 1979-2000 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...................................1999 - 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 Army National Guard........................................ 1960-1968 Army National Guard............................................ 26 years Navy....................................................................... 4 years Air Force ........................................................... 1999-2019 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

Last Name

First Name

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

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

Dierkhising Dierkhising

Craig Kristen

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

Lea LeRoy Raymond Steven Rich 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.

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

U.S. Army ......................................................... 1968-1970 .................................................................................... N/A MN Army National Guard ............................1998 - Present ...........................................................................................

Army ...................................................................... 2 years Marines ....................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A ......................................................................... 1944-1946 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 Marines ................................................................ 13 years 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 US Air Force .......................................................... 20 years Army-Corporal ................................................. 1952-1954 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 ......................................................................... 1966-1968 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 US Army ................................................................. 6 years Army ................................................................ 1952-1954 .................................................................................... N/A Army ................................................................ 1967-1969

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Ebnet Ebnet Ebnet Ebnet Ebnet Ebnet Ebnet Ebnet Ebnet Ebnet Eggert Ehlinger Ehlinger Ehresman Eich Eichers Eiden Eiden Eisenreich Elfering Elfering Elfering

Elmer Herman Herman Jerome Jerome C. John Linus Mick Paul Simon Arthur Albert John Philip V. Ray Daniel George George Robert H. Daniel T Donald Harry

Elfering Elmes Eltgroth Emblom 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 Anton 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 Gamradt Gangl Gasperlin Gerads Gerads Gerads Gerads Gerads Gerads Gersch Gertken Gilitzer Gillett Goerdt Gondringer Grabmeier Grausam Greener Gretsch

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. David 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

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

.................................................................................... 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 .................................................................................... 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 Army ................................................................ 1969-1971 U.S. Air Force .......................................................... 4 years .................................................................................... N/A US 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 ..........................................................................WWI 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 US 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 Navy Seabees ..................................... 1968-1969 Vietnam 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. Airforce .................................................. 1948 – 1950 .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Army ......................................................... 1955-1958 Army ........................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A

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First Name

Groetsch Gross Gross Gross Grove Grubbs Gruber Gruenke Gruenke Grunloh Grunloh Grutsch Grythe Guinn Guinn Guinn Guinn Guinn Haagenson Hadley Hadley Haeny Hagen Hagen “Voller” Hagstrom Haider Haider Hammarsten

Kenneth Eugene C. Martin Martin J. “Joe” Rodney E. Leslie Brandon Virgil Virgil Donald Urban Robert Dennis R. David Don Kenneth Tom William “Bill” Larry James Michael E. Steve Sara Voller Sara Doug Gary Vincent James F.

Hammerarsten Hammond Hanauer Hanauer Hanson Hanson Hargreaves Haroldson Harren Harren Haskamp Haupt Hayes Hector Hegg Heidgerken Heinen 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 Hinnenkamp Hinnenkamp Hinnenkamp Hirman Hittle

James F. Jeff Burton Duane L. Harry John T. Gary William Enoch Edmund Edmund Ervin Wayne Victor Charles Bruce Dennis Danell Ron 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 Leonard Richard Vince Stan Lawrence Iden

Hoeschen Hoffarth Hoffarth Hollenkamp Holman Holmann Hooker Horvath Hoskins Hoskins Hoskins Huls Huls Huls Huls Humbert Hundt Hunter

Arnold Frank Romaine Leander Heidi Heidi Patrick H. Steve George Howard Howard Henry Jerre Ray Bernard Daniel Harold Jim David A Richard L. George J.

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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 .................................................................................... 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. Air Force .......................................................... 4 years 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 ................................................................ 1972-1978 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 MN Army National Guard ................................. 1966-1972 Army ................................................ Oct. 1965-Sept. 1967 Army ..................................... May 6, 1968 - April 15, 1970 Navy................................................................. 1961-1964 Navy 4 years, Air Force 16 years, Army National Guard ............................................................................... 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 Army ........................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A USS Navy .......................................................... 1966-1969 Army ................................................................ 1972-1974 U.S. Army Air Corps .......................................... 1943-1945

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Imdieke Immerfall Ingold Ingold Jackson Jacobs Jacobson Jansky Jansky Jarmuzek Jarmuzek Jarnot Jarnot Jennissen Jennissen Jennissen Jensen Jerome Job Job Johannes Johannes Johannes Johnson Jones Jones Justin Kaelke Kalla Kalton 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 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

First Name

Sarah Lawrence Amanda M. Kirk A. James E. Kevin Louis Jim Pete Ervin Walter Robert Robert L. Clifford James L. Paul M. George Suchy Andreas Louis Allen P. Kevin Leroy E. Elias David Stephen Eugene Randy Joseph Wiliam M. 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 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

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

Army National Guard...............................................8 Years .................................................................................... N/A Air Force ........................................................... 2002-2004 Army Active.......................................................... 22 years U.S. Coast Guard ..................................................... 6 years US 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. ...................................

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, Air Force ..................................................... 34 years 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 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)

Last Name

First Name

Korn Korn Korn Kortan Kortan Kortan Korte Korte Korte Korte Kowski Kraemer Kraker Kramer Krick Krick Kroska Krueger

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

Krych Krych Kuehne Kuehne Kuehne Kuehne Kuepers Kuklok Kurtz Kurtz Kurtzman Laing Laing Laing Landberg 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 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

Jerome T. Joseph Robert Robert L. Ronald H. Ronand Richard L. Timothy P. Henery Peter Henry B. J. Bernie Fritz Robert 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 Daniel 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

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

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........................................ 1991-2021 Navy................................................................. 1960-1970 U.S. Army ............................................................ 20 years Marines ............................................................ 1961-1964 Army (Purple Heart) ......................................... 2005-2007 Army ................................................................ 1969-1971 .................................................................................... 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 Navy Seabees ....................................................... 24 years 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 US 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 Navy................................................................. 1963-1965 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

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Mareck Marstein Jr. Marthaler Marthaler Marthaler Marthaler Marthaler Marthaler Marthaler Marthaler Marthaler Massman Massmann Mayer Mayer McBride McCann McDonald McLain McNamara Meagher Jr. Meer Meier Meier Meissner Meissner Melton Melton Menken Menth Mergen Mergen Messer Metcalf Meyer 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 Moritz Mrosla Mueffelmann Mueller Murray Musburger Musolf Nathe Nathe Nathe Nathe Nathe Neal Neal Nelson Netter Netter

First Name

Dennis Donald Alcuin Arnold Arthur Cyril A. David Donald F. Larry Virgil Wilfred A. Frederick William John Richard “Rick” Randy Rex Jennifer A. Jean Gary April Michael James Nathan Roman Ryan J. Charlie Katie Larry 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 Marv 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 (Butch) Leroy H. Arthur J. Gary Michael Leo Jerry Roland Gerald James H. James L. Kenneth C. Rueben N. Thomas William Marlo D. Edward Peter

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

Army ................................................................ 1966-1968 .................................................................................... N/A U. S. Army .................................... Jan. 5 1966-Jan. 5 1968 National Guard ............................................................ N/A National Guard ............................................................ N/A CW4, Army Reserve .......................................... 1961-2003 National Guard ............................................................ N/A U.S. Army ......................................................... 1945-1947 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 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 Army (Military Intelligence) ............................. 1965-1969 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 US Army ........................................................... 1960-1963 U.S. Airforce ..................................................... 1979-1983 U.S. Army & Reserve......................................... 1985-2007 Army ................................................................ 1954-1956 Army ................................................................ 1973-1978 Army ...................................................................... 2 years Army ................................................................ 1970-1972 US 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 ......................................................................... 1965-1967 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 U.S. Coast Guard ....................................4 years , 4 months Navy................................................................. 1968-1970 Marine Corp ....................................................1961 - 1965 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A

Last Name

Newell 1987-2007 Nieland Nienaber Nienaber Nienaber Nienaber Nordine Notch reserve Nugent Nugent Nummela O’Brian Olloman Olmscheid Olmscheid (Brendle) Olson Olson 1974-1994 Olson Olson Opatz Opatz Opatz Opatz Opatz Opatz Opatz Opatz Orth Orth Otte Otte Pagel Pagel Pagel Paggen Pallow Pallow Pannek Pannek Pederson Peleske Perlinger Perne Peters Peters Peters Peters Peterson Peterson Peterson Peterson Petron Petterson Petterson Pfeifer Pfieffer Pflipsen Pflipsen Philippi Phlipsen Pierskalla Pierskalla Pietrowski Pilarski Pilarski Pilles Pintok Pischke Pogatschnik Pollreis Poptlewell Posch Posch Posch Powers Prestino Primus Primus Probach Proell Proell Pueringer Pueringer Quackenbush Quinn Quistorff Quistorff Quistorff Rachey Rachey

First Name

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Michael

Navy/National Guard ......Navy 1970-1972 National Guard

Dennis Brian Garrett Jason Roman Howard “Bud” Alcuin

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. Gordon

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 Army/Army Reserve ..........Army 1970-1972 Army Reserve

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 Craig W. Leo R. Alois George Jerome G. Richard Robert Arden Gene Mark Paul Mark Bruce Philip M. 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.

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 Army Sergeant ..................................................... 14 years 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 Reserves ................................................. 1969-1975 8th Air Force ........................................................WWII vet 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.) U.S. Marine Corp............................................... 1969-1971 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

Ray Kevin R Michael Tim Robert Robert Leo Frank Jeff Mike Richard Daryl Gerald

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Rademacher Rademacher Rademacher Raden Raden Radtke Raeker Rahn Ramseyer Rapp Rasmusen Rath Ratke Rausch Rausch Rausch Rausch Rausch Rausch Rausch Read 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 Rousslang Rueter Rule Rule Rumzel Ryan Ryan Rybaczuk Sabrowsky Salzer Salzer Sanchez Sand Sand Sand Sandberg Sauerer Sauerer Scegura Scegura Schaefer Schauble Scherping Schirmers Schirmers Schirmers Schleicher Schlicht Schlichting Schloegl Schloegl Schmainda Schmainda Schmid Schmid Schmid Schmid Schmid Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmiesing Schmiesing

First Name

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 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 Dick 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 Kenneth 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.

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

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 .................................................................................... 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 US 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 ......................................................................... 1964-1966 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 Army ...................................................................... 2 years .................................................................................... 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

Last Name

First Name

Schmit Schmit Schmitt Schneider Schneider Schneider Schnell Schramel Schreder Schultz Jr. Schurman Schwab Schwalbe Schwalbe Schwieters Schwieters Schwinghamer Schwinghamer Schwinghamer Schwinghamer Schwinghamer Schwinghammer Sell Sell Sell Sells Senart Senger Senger Shabel Sherman Sieben Sieben Sieben Sieben Sieben Sieben Sieben

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 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 Sundermand Sundermann Super Swedenburg Symanietz Szczawinski Tarnowski Tegels Terhaar Terwey

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. Jim Roman James Quint Stanley Joseph Andrew Stanley Eric Jack Arthur B.

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

Army ................................................................ 1971-1973 .................................................................................... N/A .................................................................................... N/A Air Force ........................................................... 1955-1959 Army ...................................................................... 3 years Army ................................................................ 1957-1959 Army ................................................................ 1971-1973 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 US 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 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 US 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 ......................................................................... 1966-1972 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

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Thang Theisen Theisen Thell Thell Thell Thielen Thielman Thielman Thielman Thielman Thielman Thielman Thome Thompson Timp Toenies Toenyan Tomsche Traut Tschida Tschida Tschida Pierce Tucker Turner Turner Uhlenkamp Uhlenkamp Uhlenkamp Uhlenkamp Uhlenkamp Uhlenkamp Uhlenkamp Uhlenkamp Uphoff Uphoff Uphoff Uphoff Uphoff Uphus Van Heel Vander Heyden Vanderheyden VanHeel VanHeel Vaughan Veeder Viehauser Voit Voit Voller Voller Voller active duty Voller Vos Vos Voss Voss Wagner Waldorf Walter Walter Walz Walz Wambeke Wander Wander Warga Warga Warga Warzecha Watry Watry Weber Weber Wedel Weimerskirch Weiner Weiner Weisgram Weisser Weisser Welle Weller Welters Wenderski Wenker Wenning Wensman Wensman Wensmann Wensmann Wensmann

First Name

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

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

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 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 U.S. Army ...................................................................Avon 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

Frederick John Ralph R. Arnold F. Vernon Arnold Henry Robert Allen Dave Louis Roy G. Patrick Adam Don Betty Donald Donald Kenneth Daniel Dustin Joe Kaila Joseph John Dwayne Merlin Shawn D. Mike Mike Kelly Dave Allen Harvey Roger Bernard Kenneth L. Robert Steve Donald Gerald Herbert

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 ................................................................ 1971-1972 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 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

Last Name

Wensmann Wensmann Wentland West Westendorf Westendorf Westendorf Westerbeck Wiebolt Wiener Wiener Wiener Wiener Wiener Wilson Wingate Wohletz Woitalla Woitalla Wolff Wood Woodley Woodley Worms 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 Zwilling

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Jerome Leroy Louis Glen R. Art Art Herman Todd Bernard Julian Matt Rob Robert “Bud” Victor Dustin Timothy W. Kevin Clarence P. Raymond Richard Mike Brandy Ben Steve 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 Joe. E.

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

Army ................................................................ 1954-1956 Army ................................................................ 1954-1956 .................................................................................... N/A U.S. Army ......................................................... 1959-1961 U.S. Army ......................................................... 1966-1969 U.S. Navy .......................................................... 1966-1969 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 Navy Seabees ................................................... 1945-1947 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 Army ................................................................ 1968-1970 .................................................................................... 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 .................................................................................... N/A

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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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Toll the Bell on November 11 Nearly 14,500,000 worldwide died during WWI. The Doughboy Foundation is asking individuals, communities and organizations to honor those killed, by finding out whether the church you attend or your community will have a bell toller in place for November 11, and to offer help if needed.

Bells of Peace is a WWI remembrance that occurs every year on November 11 at 11 a.m. local time.

Its purpose is to give American citizens a way they can participate in the annual remembrance of the World War I armistice.

As an alternative to a church or community bell-tolling ceremony, the Doughboy Foundation has created a Bells of Peace app for your phone that is available from Google Play and Apple’s App Store.

Once installed, the app will count down to 11/11 at 11 am, then will automatically toll a bell 21 times at five-second intervals.

If you prefer, you can manually toll your bell. The app allows you to select from several bells offered: a cathedral bell, church bell, an honor bell, ships bell and others.

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Schnell thankful for station near Saigon Relative safety provided experience, healthy return from Vietnam war

By CHRISTINE BEHNEN Staff Writer

MELROSE – Sam Schnell has been a teacher much of his adult life, until his retirement. Working in the Melrose schools teaching industrial arts and special education has been a consistent service that he has offered to the Melrose community for many years. There is another service he completed, and that is his service in the U.S. Army in Vietnam, where he was deployed when he was 24 years old.

Subsequently, he spent years in the Army Reserves.

In 1970, Schnell was already teaching in Melrose when the draft board called him in to take his physical in the Twin Cities. That year he did not pass the physical and returned to teaching. It seemed like the matter was settled, but anti-war protests resulted in the Draft Board building being burnt down.

With the paper records destroyed, he was called in again in 1971 to repeat the process.

This time, he passed. He, and a number of other Minnesotans, many of them also teachers, had been drafted.

He was sent to Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri for his basic training, and then to advanced training with the Army Security Agency in June.

His wife, Betty, and 1-year-old son rented a trailer to stay close. Having scored highly in clerical assessments, he finished his training to work in personnel. After checking out his background around town, he was given Sam Schnell reviews his photos Top Secret Clearance. Despite briefly thinking he’d be sent to Ethiopia, he of his time in Vietnam from his flew to Vietnam. home near Melrose. He served with In Saigon, many of those who had arrived with him were sent all over the U.S. Army in Vietnam in the early 70s, spending most the country, but Schnell stayed in Saigon. In Saigon, his experience of the of his time in war was unique to that of many other Vietnam veterans. Saigon was more record-keeping near Saigon. secure. It was not on the front lines. His work was focused on record-keepPHOTO BY CHRISTINE BEHNEN ing.

“I didn’t have any bad situations because of where I was stationed; some of my friends who were with me when I went over there went north to some of those way-out bases,” Schnell said.“I’m glad I stayed in Saigon, ers. In the towers, guards would watch for trouble with binoculars and use it was a lot better there.”

In total, Schnell would be stationed in Vietnam for 11 months. Part of night vision scopes at night. Sensors would detect potential movement that time would be spent in a base at Bien Hoa (pronounced “bin wah”), and activity beyond the base. Schnell recalled once something was seen 20 miles north of Saigon, although this base was also one of the safer approaching, so a helicopter with ammunition was sent to check it out, places to be, in part due to its proximity. Between Saigon and Bien Hoa, though it was never determined what it was; it could have been something as innocent as a monkey.

Schnell found himself to be in a fortunate situation.

Guard duty was not always a desirable duty. At that time in 1972, they Schnell was part of a Ready Reaction Force, and they kept their weapons with them. There were two perimeters of security. The outside perim- were standing down, and more and more soldiers were returning home. eter consisted of bunkers with armed soldiers interspersed between tow- Even at the more secure bases where Schnell was stationed, as soldiers approached the end of their missions, they were loathe to take the risk of extra shifts. It was common for soldiers to pay other soldiers to take their guard duty. Schnell was open to taking up guard duty, but with some soldiers involved in drug use, he had to be careful.

“I would only do it if the people in the towers were dependable,” he said. “If somebody was in the guard duty that I knew was reliable, I would do it. They paid really well to do that.”

Rocket launches coming in were the most likely threat. Still, the only two that occurred during Schnell’s time of deployment happened to fall upon dates when he was not there. During a March launch of 80 some rockets into Bien Hoa, he was on a 14-day leave. During an August attack, he was with Betty in Hawaii, something he was able to pay for using money he earned in guard duty earlier on.

During the 6 months spent in Bien Hoa, the soldiers lived in metal buildings called “hooches.” There was no air conditioning. Whereas Minnesota has a full four seasons, in Vietnam heat and humidity varied only with the onset of monsoon.

Work days were largely regular hours, leaving Schnell and others with significant free time.

Many evenings were spent barbecuing, playing games and talking. There were dogs everywhere and some became like pets. Another group of Sam Schnell (left) worked in personnel with records while serving in Vietnam. PHOTO SUBMITTED

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THE DAY THE WORLD CHANGED ★★★★★

PEARL HARBOR

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Reflections after 80 years Midway. They also had footholds on some of the Aleutian Is“Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941. The sun came up, the bombs came lands. down and the world came apart.”

The U.S. regrouped from the setback, and became the The line was used in the trailer of the 1970 Pearl Harmajor contributor to defeating both German and Japanese bor-based attack film “Tora, Tora, Tora.” The attack took place military units. It became, for the next 70-some years, the ma80 years ago. It came mind to again last summer when the rejor power in the world. mains of Fireman First Class Elmer Tom Kerestes of HoldingHarrington, though, might be right in his assessment. The ford were laid to rest in his home town. Kerestes was killed in Pearl Harbor attack brought more than war. It led to a numaction aboard the USS Oklahoma, one of the ships attacked ber of changes to lives and culture in the USA. and sunk in the attack.

With the attack, Americans learned more of the world beDec. 7 was always a bit of solemn day when I was growing yond its borders than they had ever known. Places like Lonup. It took a while to find out why. It was not because of a don, Berlin, Wake Island, Normandy, Tokyo, Iwo Jima, Midway relative, none of mine died in the attack. Nor was it a military and Manila were suddenly more than just answers to a geogsetback by the United States because they have happened raphy quiz. in every war. It was not because the U.S. was brought into a The attack showed more than just the U.S. (or Europe) war; this country has rarely gone 25 years without being in a was making technological advances. From that point on, the war. It was the observation by Joseph Daniel Harrington in

By HERMAN LENSING U.S. paid more attention to science and eventually develhis book, "Yankee Samurai," that provided a clue.

Staff Writer oped a space program.

Harrington opens his book, which documents contribuInduction and service in the armed forces put the various tions by the Nisei, or second-generation Japanese-Americans to the U.S. war effort, saying no one individual has changed America as ethnic groups and regional groups from across the nations in touch with much as lead pilot Mitsuo Fuchida did when he ordered the attack on each other. It showed, more than any textbook had, the U.S. truly is a nation of nations.

Pearl Harbor to begin.

The need to keep the services supplied with arms created job openPrior the Dec. 7, the U.S. felt very secure. It had come through the challenges of World War I, a pandemic, the Dust Bowl and drought of the 1930s, ings which were filled by minorities and woman. Those opportunities gave and the Great Depression. U.S. technology was the envy or the world and rise to the Civil Rights and feminist movements.

Agriculture was seen as a very needed support for troops, and high volpeople wanted to come here because of opportunity. We were protected on the coasts by oceans, bordered by friendly, or at least non-hostile umes of crops was encouraged. This led to an increase of mechanization neighbors, and had a pretty clear idea of what the future would bring if on farms; and the development of more processed foods such as SPAM. The need for quick transportation led eventually to the interstate freewe just stayed home.

While some said we had to prepare for a war that would come, most of way system.

Those elements all created America as we know it – and created a difthe country did not believe it. We were, as a country, as content and secure ferent America than had been talked about at 1941 Thanksgiving dinners. with ourselves as George Banks is with his life in “Mary Poppins.”

America never went back to the pre-Dec. 7, 1941 days. That may have In 75 minutes, the attack destroyed that contentment and feeling of security, and forever changed U.S. social patterns. Within 24 hours after been why the day was always solemn. To the people of America’s greatest the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese successfully attacked U.S. and British generation, World War II was collectively their greatest and most successbases in the Philippines, Guam, Midway Island, Wake Island, Malaya and ful adventure, but Dec. 7, 1941 marks the day sun came up, the bombs Hong Kong. Before their advance was stopped, the Japanese Army had came down and their world changed forever. invaded an area from Sibera to almost Australia, and from Burma to almost

DID YOU KNOW?

Pearl Harbor fast facts Compiled by Herman Lensing

• Pearl Harbor is located about 3,000 miles from the U.S. mainland and 4,000 from Japan. The Japanese attack force was undetected in that crossing.

• The Japanese were aware there were no aircraft carriers at Pearl Harbor. They attacked hoping to destroy the eight battleships there, which would seriously slow the U.S. Pacific War effort.

• All eight U.S. destroyers sustained some damage in the attack. Four were sunk. Six of the destroyers were back in action before the war ended.

The USS Oklahoma was raised, but was too damaged to be refitted for use. Only the USS Arizona was never raised.

• The Japanese used 353 aircraft in the attack. Their fleet consisted of two heavy cruisers, 35 submarines, two light cruisers, nine oilers, two battleships and 11 destroyers. There were 29 Japanese aircraft lost and no ships lost. The attack destroyed 188 U.S. aircraft and damaged over 120 others, and crippled or destroyed about 20 American ships. Of the 22 Japanese ships that participated in the attack, only the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Ushi survived the war.

• There were over 2,400 Americans and 64 Japanese killed in the attack. Rear Admiral Isaac Kidd was the highest-ranking U.S. officer to die in the attack. He posthumously received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions. There were 15 other Medals of Honor awarded for actions during the Pearl Harbor attack.

• Dorie Miller, a steward on the USS West Virginia, assisted his mortally wounded captain to safety, then manned a machine gun and shot down two aircraft. He became the first African-American to earn the Navy Cross.

• “Tora” is a Japanese word for tiger. When Mitsuo Fuchida radioed “Tora, Tora, Tora” back to his fleet, it meant the Japanese had achieved complete surprise and the attack should begin.

• Isoroku Yamamoto, who commanded the attack on Pearl Harbor, opposed going to war with the United States. He had lived and studied in the U.S., and predicted that if the war went longer than a year, it would go badly for Japan. He was proved right. Six months after Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy won the Battle of Midway and Japan was on the defensive for the remainder of the war.

• Fuchida, who was the lead pilot of the attack, was later wounded in the Battle of Midway. He also left Hiroshima two days before the atomic bomb was dropped on that city.

• Jackie Robinson, who became the first African-American to play in modern Major League Baseball, left Pearl Harbor, where he was playing football for the Honolulu Bears, two days before the Pearl Harbor attack.

• NFL games were underway in New York, Washington, D.C., and Chicago when the announcement of the attack was made. The public address announcers asked servicemen to report to their stations.

• There are (or were, pre-pandemic) 1.8 million visitors annually to the USS Arizona Memorial. It is the number one visitor destination in Hawaii.

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