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Doug Kalmbach, a Vietnam War veteran, was the recipient of a Quilt of Valor at a ceremony during a Disabled American Veterans coffee at the Dakota Territory Air Museum hangar in Minot on Nov. 6. Kalmbach enlisted in the Army shortly after he graduated from Lignite High School in 1969 along ...

A chord of familiarity struck Maurice Foley when he read in The Minot Daily News that a memorial would be dedicated in the Flasher-Raleigh area, southwest of Bismarck, to the late U.S. Air Force Capt. William “Bill” Richardson. Richardson was a Minot Air Force Base pilot whose F-106 Delta ...

Dr. Robert Kibler isn’t just a scholar who loves studying “all things Chinese, Roman and British.” He is also a U.S. Air Force veteran. Kibler found himself in a common situation for those joining the service. He had no guaranteed job, which meant the military could place him wherever ...

The state commander of the North Dakota Department of Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Doug Benjamin, enlisted in the United States Army in 1967 when he was just 17 years old. Benjamin, born and raised in Minot, decided to enlist in the Army one month after his 17th birthday. Benjamin knew ...

For the first time, plans are for a Western North Dakota Honor Flight to leave from and return to the Minot International Airport. The flight is scheduled for this spring. Honor Flights take veterans to Washington, D.C., to see the national memorials built in their honor, according to Western ...