We visited the Montana Veterans Memorial a few days ago, and were both proud and humbled. It’s a beautiful place, and seeing the names of so many Montanans who served is amazing. We found the plates for my girlfriend’s father and grandfather - her father was an Air Force pilot in the 60s and 70s, and her grandfather was a Marine in WWII. We also saw the plates for Colonel Einar Malmstrom (Malmstrom Air Force Base) and Capt Shawn McCaughey (Canadian Snowbirds). There’s also a bench dedicated to the First Special Service Forces, the American-Canadian team assembled during WWII at Fort Harrison in Helena that became the forerunner to modern-day Special Forces units.
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1 ajtooley // Oct 7, 2007 at 4:15 pm
I’m eagerly awaiting the day we can go see my dad’s tile; it’s been ordered, but it takes a while…
2 Hutch // Oct 8, 2007 at 9:07 am
Very cool dude… very cool.
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