{"id":70851,"date":"2015-04-24T10:19:35","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T15:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=70851"},"modified":"2015-04-26T18:16:46","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T23:16:46","slug":"heitkamp-honors-jms-carrington-fallen-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=70851","title":{"rendered":"Heitkamp honors fallen heroes Vietnam War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/SenatorHeitkampofficial.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-31894\" alt=\"SenatorHeitkampofficial\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/SenatorHeitkampofficial-300x207.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/SenatorHeitkampofficial-300x207.png 300w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/SenatorHeitkampofficial-253x175.png 253w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/SenatorHeitkampofficial.png 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 <\/b>As part of her series of speeches to thank and honor North Dakota\u2019s fallen heroes from the Vietnam War, U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp again took to the Senate floor and discussed these servicemembers\u2019 remarkable lives and contributions to North Dakota and the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNearly two hundred North Dakotans gave their lives for our country in Vietnam, fighting on the front lines to not only keep us safe but also for the ideals we hold most dear,\u201d said Heitkamp. \u201cWe must always remember that every one of these men has a story as we recognize and honor the selfless sacrifices each made. I\u2019m proud to represent a state with such a rich tradition of military service and with the continued support of students at Bismarck High School, the families of those North Dakotans lost during the Vietnam War, and folks all across our state, we can continue to honor our fallen heroes today and every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">During her speech, Heitkamp honored the following North Dakotans who were lost in the Vietnam War:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Raphael \u201cJohn\u201d Frost \u2013<\/b> Hunter<\/li>\n<li><b>Jon Greenley \u2013<\/b> Fargo<\/li>\n<li><b>Dan Herdebu \u2013<\/b> Baldwin<\/li>\n<li><b>Alan \u201cPete\u201d Hinzpeter \u2013<\/b> Minot<\/li>\n<li><b>Gerald Allen \u201cAl\u201d Iverson \u2013<\/b> Oakes<\/li>\n<li><b>Norbert Froehlich \u2013<\/b> Belfield<\/li>\n<li><b>Gerhardt Just \u2013<\/b> Wishek<\/li>\n<li><b>Gary Myers \u2013<\/b> Fort Yates<\/li>\n<li><b>Larry Olson \u2013<\/b> McHenry<\/li>\n<li><b>Richard \u201cRick\u201d Borgman<\/b> \u2013 Minot<\/li>\n<li><strong>David Bujalski \u2013 Carrington<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Leslie Carter \u2013 Jamestown<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>David Corcoran \u2013<\/b> Grand Forks<\/li>\n<li><b>Wilbert Fleck \u2013<\/b> Breien<\/li>\n<li><b>Lowell Hardmeyer \u2013<\/b> Mott<\/li>\n<li><b>Merlyn Paulson \u2013<\/b> Fargo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Heitkamp\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heitkamp.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/press-releases?ID=5fd58063-30be-4ebc-9174-b82cb7798913\">began a series of speeches<\/a>\u00a0to honor servicemembers from North Dakota who lost their lives in the Vietnam conflict as our country remembers the 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the war. Heitkamp is collaborating with more than 150 eleventh-graders from Bismarck High School to gather information on these fallen North Dakotans and will incorporate their research into her speeches. In March, Heitkamp\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heitkamp.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/press-releases?ID=25ab5576-ec68-47c0-9d71-eae1afcc4859\">met with these students in Bismarck<\/a>\u00a0and discussed with them the importance of their joint effort to honor the sacrifice and service of the North Dakotans lost in the war.<\/p>\n<p>To view Heitkamp\u2019s new webpage dedicated to honoring North Dakota\u2019s KIA and MIA Vietnam servicemembers \u2013 including her speeches on the Senate floor \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heitkamp.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm?p=honoring-north-dakota-s-vietnam-veterans\">click here<\/a>. The website will be updated with all of Heitkamp\u2019s speeches on the Senate floor about these servicemembers. A copy of a poster recognizing these fallen men can also be found\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heitkamp.senate.gov\/public\/_cache\/files\/e850b36c-ea64-45a9-a1ce-582c00d9d74c\/final-heitkamp-veterans-poster.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 As part of her series of speeches to thank and honor North Dakota\u2019s fallen heroes from the Vietnam War, U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp again took to the Senate floor and discussed these servicemembers\u2019 remarkable lives and contributions to North Dakota and the country. \u201cNearly two hundred North [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70851"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70853,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70851\/revisions\/70853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}