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9/24/2008: September marks the anniversary of two journeys made by a Norwegian immigrant to the US. Although different, both are united by danger and hardship.

10/6/2008: The remains of tens of thousands of American POWs and MIAs ranging from World War Two to the Gulf War have yet to be located and identified. Leading the charge to search for these servicemen and women missing in action is the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command. Known simply as JPAC, it’s staffed by 400 civilian contractors and military personnel from all branches of the Armed Forces working towards the JPAC motto, “Until they are home.”

10/8/2008: October of 1862 brought the 12th Michigan Infantry to the battle fields of the South. Joseph Tooley had left behind his young wife, Sarah, and three-week-old son to fight for the Stars and Stripes. Later, Sarah received a letter stating that Joseph was being hospitalized at the Arkansas/Texas border. Sarah knew that she must find her husband and, facing certain danger, she made her way through war-torn territory from Michigan to the Texas border. The countryside was fraught with bands of guerilla soldiers, a constant threat to her safety. However, for Sarah, the most constant concern was getting to Joseph in time.

10/12/2008: Born in Sentinel Butte, North Dakota, Staff Sergeant Jack Pendleton was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Bardenberg, Germany on this day in 1944. Sacrificing his own life, Pendleton deliberately diverted the attention of an enemy machine gunner, enabling the entire company to advance and complete their mission.

10/15/2008: In May of 1948, Edward J. Flanagan, a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, died. Maybe you’ve heard his name; maybe you haven’t. He was, however, a man who lived by his work.

10/20/2008: In the summer of 1919 the US Army sent across the vast American continent a motorized convoy to test the Army’s ability to mobilize forces in case of an attack on American soil. T

10/25/2008: On this date in 1965, the halls of the Patterson Hotel were once again filled with members of the Nonpartisan League.

10/27/2008: There once was a legend of a young Chippewa boy, the son of a prominent chief, who was captured by the Sioux. Rather than ransom him, the Sioux would place the young lad at the front of a raid on Chippewa bands and rather than risk killing their chief's son, the Chippewa warriors would withdraw.

10/28/2008: With the approach of our own election coming up in the next week, much attention is being spent on the last-minute testimonies, speeches, and every move of the candidates, and in 1908, this was no exception.

4/5/2009: An alien immigrant named Louis Peter Kanell was born in 1892 in Zaimogli, Greece. In the summer of 1917, he moved from Salt Lake City to Mandan, where he was heralded as an expert candy maker at the White confectionary store on Main Street.