Scott Nelson

A P-40 Warhawk is on display at the Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot. It’s the type of plane flown by North Dakota native, Oswin Elker, who served…

Cornelius Ryan passed away on this date in 1974. Ryan was an Irish journalist and author well known for writing World War II military history. His most…

Andy Rooney of 60 Minutes fame was a Stars and Stripes war correspondent during World War II. In this capacity Rooney became good friends with native…

On this date in 1944, Orin Olson was buried at a nameless cemetery in Italy, a long way from his beloved farm near New Rockford, North Dakota.Orin loved…

Many people left North Dakota during the 1930s to find work. One was Noble Peterson of New England, a town in southwest North Dakota. Noble and a friend…

For Marine pilots young and old, the name Henry Wildfang is legendary.Henry Wildfang, nicknamed Bud, was born in Bismarck in 1916 and raised in Sterling,…

Leland Molland was born in Nome, North Dakota on May 7, 1919. After High School, Leland went to the State Agricultural College in Fargo. When the US…

Oscar Coen was born on this date in 1917 at Walum, just a few miles south of Hannaford, North Dakota. Oscar graduated from high school, went to college…