Scott Nelson

On this date in 1971 the last episode of Hogan’s Heroes aired. It was a television comedy set in a German prisoner of war camp during World War 2. The series started in 1965 and ran for 6 years with a total of 168 episodes.

On this date in 1944, the Germans surrounded Bastogne, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. It was also on this date that Clarence Spotted Wolf was killed in operations defending Bastogne.

Mary Ada Fisher was born at Somerset, Ohio on July 5th, 1888, the fourth child and only daughter of John and Ameda Fisher. When Mary was 10, she moved with her family to North Dakota to settle the affairs of a deceased uncle. The Fisher family decided to stay and bought a homestead near Wolf Creek where John built the Fisher store and Post Office, which that became known as Fisher, North Dakota.

William Richardson was born in Mississippi on this date in 1930 to Robert and Beulah Richardson. After high school and college, William joined the Air Force and became a fighter pilot stationed at the Minot Air Base flying the F-106 Fighter or Delta Dart as it was commonly called.