MEMORIAL DAY MONDAY, MAY 29, NOON

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EMORIAL NORTH DAKOTA VETERANS CEMETERY

Colonel Hatley is a 1995 distinguished graduate of the Reserve Officer Training Corps from Louisiana Tech University. He has served in various flying and staff assignments, to include the Joint Staff as the Department of Defense liaison to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. His experience in the B-2 includes tours in Air Combat Command, Pacific Air Forces, and Air Force Global Strike Command where he led the 110th Bomb Squadron to a historic first as the first Air National Guard bomb squadron certified in both nuclear and conventional operations. Colonel HatlColonel Hatley is a graduate of the United States Air Force Weapons School, the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, and the National War College. Prior to his current assignment, Colonel Hatley served as Vice Commander for the 119th Wing. His military decorations and awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (with 2 oak leaf clusters), Air Medal (with 1 oak leaf cluster), Air Force Commendation Medal (with 1 oak leaf cluster), Air Force Achievement Medal and Meritorious Unit Award.

Colonel Britt Hatley is the commander of the 119th Wing, N.D. Air National Guard, Fargo. Comprised of more than 1,100 personnel, the 119th Wing provides combatant commanders trained and ready Airmen who execute world class MQ-9 Reaper precision attack and reconnaissance, kinetic and non-kinetic target intelligence production as well as expeditionary support capabilities for the nation and state.

Colonel Thomas “Britt” HatleyMASTER OF CEREMONIES

duty and is credited with over 600 days of combat operations during WWII. He served at Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Leyte, Cebu, Negros and the Philippines. Louis was honorably discharged as a staff sergeant in 1945. Louis married Kathlene Wilmart in 1947 and farmed for three years in Montpelier and Adrian. After graduation with a four-year vocational agricultural degree, Louis purchased a farm in Winfield Township and farmed there for 34 years. Louis was simultaneously employed by the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center near Jamestown for 16 yeayears. Louis’s wife Kathlene died in 1997 and his son Robert, a Vietnam Veteran, died in 2015. Both are interred at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery. Louis is a life member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, AMVETS, 164th Infantry Association, Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy and National Active and the Retired Federal Employees Association. He enjoys golf, rodeos, fishing, wildlife and traveling. Any time spent with family, friends and a worn-out deck of cards, makes his day complete.

Louis Hanson, age 97, was born in Jud, North Dakota. He was raised on a family farm and attended Jud public schools. At age 17, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and worked in Sequoia National Park, California and Middle River, Minnesota. Louis volunteered for the U.S. Army on April 25, 1941 and became a member of the 164th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division. Louis served more than four years on active

Staff Sgt. Louis HansonKEYNOTE SPEAKER

SPECIAL THANKS TO: Veterans organizations, Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, Vietnam Vets/Legacy Vets Motorcycle Club, All Motorcyclists and their respective clubs,

Honor Run participants, Metro-Area Ambulance Service and The Red Cross

OPENING REMARKS: Colonel Britt Hatley, Master of Ceremonies

FLYOVER: Two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, flown by N.D. Army National Guard

POSTING OF THE COLORS: • American Legion Lloyd Spetz Post #1, Bismarck • American Legion Gilbert S. Furness Post #40 & Veterans of Foreign Wars Harry L. Kidd post #707, Mandan • • American Legion Albert Grass Post #173, Fort Yates • American Legion Matthew American Horse Post #259, Cannonball • AMVETS Post #9, Bismarck • Bismarck Mounted Police • Dakota Leathernecks Detachment • Disabled American Veterans Post #3, Bismarck • Standing Rock Vietnam Veterans Association • • Veterans of Foreign Wars Gilbert N. Nelson post #1326, Bismarck • Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #9061 & Ladies Auxiliary, Berthold & Mandaree • Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter #150, Bismarck

NATIONAL ANTHEM: Mr. Clyde Bauman

OPENING PRAYER: Bishop David D. Kagan, Bishop of Bismarck

WELCOMING REMARKS: • • Senator John Hoeven • Senator Heidi Heitkamp • Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford • Maj. Gen. Alan S. Dohrmann, North Dakota Adjutant General

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Staff Sgt. Louis Hanson, 164th Infantry Regiment

BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC: 188th Army Band Brass Quintet

RIFLE VOLLEY: AMVETS Post #9

TTAPS: Mr. Harrison Fuller, Legacy High School

CANNON SALUTE: North Dakota National Guard Military Funeral Honors

FLAGS RAISED TO FULL STAFF: Military Veterans

CLOSING PRAYER: Chaplain (Col.) John E. Flowers, North Dakota National Guard

RETIRING OF COLORS: Veteran Service Organizations ----------------------------------------------------------------

MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY