Minnesota in World War II
Stories from Minnesota’s World War II Veterans
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Minnesota in World War II:
The 194th Tank Battalion at Bataan
August 9, 1942: The American forces in the Philippines surrendered to Japan. Suddenly, Lt Col Ernest B. Miller and the 194th Tank Battalion, a National Guard unit out of Minnesota, found themselves on a long march without food or water to a POW camp. This would be known at the Bataan Death March. Here’s Britt Aamodt.
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Two Brothers Aboard the USS Oklahoma
December 7, 1941: The Todd brothers of Akeley, Minnesota—Wesley, 25, and Neal, 22—were stationed on the battleship USS Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor, when at 0755 the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the Navy’s pacific fleet. Here’s Britt Aamodt.