…I get an email or comment related to this blog that just makes my day.
Two years ago, in conjunction with the dedication of the Minnesota World War II memorial, I wrote a piece about the 99th Infantry Battation (Independent), a unit of Norwegian-Americans and Norwegian immigrants from the upper Midwest recruited as the spearhead of a potential invasion of Norway.
This morning, a veteran of the 99th left a comment in the post.
Here’s part of it:
I worked in 99th headquarters often as Company “A”s clerk, I am an expert on the 99th Viking Battalion.
Of course, you can’t get two Norwegians together without having one of these:
Our Commander for most of our existance was Harold D. Hansen. NOT HANSON!
Sorry – it was misspelled in the source I copied.
Still…:
He was Captain when we formed, promoted to Major and when the regular army Lt. Colonel Robert Turner was severly wounded after having come in above Hansen about 12 months earlier. Hansen was given field battle promotion to Lt. Colonel resuming command of the 99th.
Read the whole thing if you get a moment.
And thanks, Cpl. Hanson.
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