More than 50 years ago, members of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Amtrac Platoon were hauling supplies, transporting the wounded and just about anything else in Vietnam. The unit may have been one of the most decorated noninfantry units in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, although it existed ...
Last fall, The Minot Daily News told the story of White Shield Vietnam veteran Austin Gillette saying farewell to a fellow Marine after 51 years. Gillette and several other members of the Joseph Young Hawk-Elmer Bear American Legion Post of White Shield, while attending the Basilone Parade in ...
Visitors can “Experience The Story” at the Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot by calling a phone number, downloading a mobile app or visiting a website. The ways to “experience the story” are posted on Talking Trail signs near various exhibits. Don Larson, president of the air ...
When Robert Haring received orders for Minot Air Force Base he thought “great.” He liked the outdoors – mountains and forests. When he arrived at the Minot airport, he said there were no mountains or forests. “But I could see Minot AFB about 13 miles away,” he recalled. Haring, a ...
Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer congratulated Minot Air Force Base on 65 years Sunday, releasing the following statements regarding the anniversary: “The Minot Air Force Base has played a vital role in keeping our nation safe for 65 years and we thank all the men and women who have served ...
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – Sixty-five years go on Sunday, July 12, 1955, a ceremony was held north of Minot to break ground to officially launch construction of a U.S. Air Force jet interceptor base. Local people along with Air Force and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers leaders gathered on the hot, ...
BISMARCK - U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-ND, a Senate Armed Services Committee member, issued the following statement today on the 65th anniversary of the groundbreaking of Minot Air Force Base: "To the men and women of the Minot Air Force Base, and the supportive community surrounding it, you ...
MINOT - Sen. John Hoeven today issued the following statement marking the 65th anniversary of the Minot Air Force Base groundbreaking: "Minot Air Force Base has played a vital role in keeping our nation safe for 65 years and we thank all the men and women who have served here for their ...
F.E. W ARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. – Maj. Gen. Ferdinand “Fred” Stoss passed the 20th Air Force guidon to Maj. Gen. Michael Lutton during a change of command ceremony on Wednesday at F. E. Warren AFB, Wyoming. Both are former commanders of the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force ...
FARGO—Retired Navy Capt. Dave Johnston, a Rugby native, was awarded the Seven Seals Award June 23 by the North Dakota Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, also known as ESGR, for his 16 years of service to the ND ESGR committee, working with service members, veterans and ...
KENMARE – Jim Hillestad’s memories of his service in the Japanese Theater during World War II are as vivid as if they took place yesterday. At 100 years old, the Kenmare veteran speaks with humor and in detail about his time in the Army and his role in the military’s use of new, secret ...
Disabled American Veterans Chapter #4 of Minot is taking applicatons for its 2020-2021 Bob Fix Memorial Scholarship. Fix was a former commander of the DAV. The fund was established to provide financial assistance to eligible Ward County and surrounding areas residents of North Dakota to ...
“Be their witness for everyone plays a part to be an American worth fighting for” is the theme of the Minot Civil Air Patrol Wreaths Across America Christmas in July campaign in the Grand Hotel lobby, Minot, from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on July 15. The event is to bring Minot and the surrounding ...
Two B-52 bombers from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base recently conducted a long-range, long duration strategic mission throughout Europe, the Arctic and Baltic regions on June 15, while also integrating with a Baltic Operations exercise. The 5th Bomb Wing’s participation in the ...
A planning committee to end veteran homelessness held its first meeting on May 21. Led by N.D. Veterans Commissioner Lonnie Wangen, the North Dakota Planning Committee to End Veteran Homelessness met in a Zoom meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting covered N.D. Veteran Homelessness ...
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – Military retirees and veteran’s benefits card holders are being given full access to Minot Air Force Base, with no restrictions for using base facilities, Air Force officials announced Monday. After assessing the current environment surrounding COVID-19 within the ...
Visitors to the Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot have the opportunity to see the Tri-State Vietnam Memorial Wall on display there this season. Comprised of 39 panels, The Wall is a rendition of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., and is a project of the Fargo Air ...
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Americans settled for small processions and online tributes instead of parades Monday as they observed Memorial Day in the shadow of the pandemic, which forced communities to honor the nation’s military dead with modest, more subdued ceremonies that also remembered ...
