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Military

Veterans roundtable to be held Saturday

The last six months have brought many changes and new programs from the VA. A veterans roundtable to be held Saturday will provide information and dispel misinformation surrounding those changes to help veterans determine the benefits they are eligible for. Minot Chapter 4 Disabled American ...

Veteran serves during two wars

Lloyd Brodell, 97, was an 18-year-old looking to see the state of affairs in Europe for himself when he enlisted in the U.S. Army as World War II was coming to a close. The Newburg-Russell native also had another motive for enlisting. He hoped to visit Margraten, Netherlands, where his only ...

Minot man recalls D-Day in 1944

Ed Zilli of Minot and other members of the 4th Infantry Division of Gen. George S. Patton’s Third Army landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, during the D-Day Invasion in 1944. Zilli and thousands of other soldiers from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada landed on the beaches ...

Family’s military service: From World War I to Afghanistan

NEW TOWN – Serving in the U.S. military is a longtime tradition in Keith Bear’s family. Bear, an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes from New Town, and five of his 11 children served in the military as did his father who was a code talker during World War II. His uncle’s on ...

Curtis: One of ND’s oldest living World War II veterans

Ray Curtis, of Minot, celebrated his 106th birthday on Feb. 11 at Minot Lodge Senior Living, formerly The Wellington, where he resides. This makes him one of the oldest living World War II veterans in North Dakota and likely also one of few at this age in the United States. Originally from ...

Minot native attends Japanese Language School during war

In an often-overlooked chapter of World War II, thousands of Nisei, or second-generation Japanese, were called upon to attend the Japanese Language School at Camp Savage, later Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Roy Toyama, 98, was born and raised in Minot. He and his brother, Tom, were inducted into ...