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The 99th Infantry Battalion (Separate) was a battalion of Norwegian-speaking soldiers in the US Army. Created in July 1942 at Camp Ripley, Minnesota, the battalion originally consisted of 1,001 soldiers. [1] The battalion was attached to the First Army; however, it was labeled "Separate" because it was not attached to a specific regiment.
The museum's main building was originally used during the summer at Camp Ripley as a regimental headquarters for the Minnesota National Guard. Its architecture was inspired by the buildings of Fort Ripley, [9] a 19th-century frontier army post (1849–1877) once located a few miles upriver. [10]
Olson, who later became a prominent banker in Grand Forks, served as a lieutenant in the 99th Infantry Battalion (Separate), otherwise known as the Viking Battalion. (It was termed "separate" ...
Battle of Lanzerath Ridge Part of the Battle of the Bulge, World War II 117th Infantry North Carolina National Guard at St. Vith Date December 16–17, 1944 Location Near Lanzerath, Belgium 50°21′34″N 6°19′45″E / 50.359487°N 6.329241°E / 50.359487; 6.329241 Result See aftermath Belligerents Germany United States Commanders and leaders Josef Dietrich I.G. von Hoffmann ...
Camp Ripley is a 53,000-acre (210 km 2) military and civilian training facility operated by the Minnesota National Guard near the city of Little Falls in the central part of the state. The location of the camp was selected in 1929 by Ellard A. Walsh, Adjutant General of the State of Minnesota.
The 99th Division was constituted at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, on 23 July 1918. Plans called for the division to include the 393rd, 394th, 395th, and 396th Infantry Regiments.
Lyle Joseph Bouck, Jr. (December 17, 1923 – December 2, 2016) enlisted in the Missouri National Guard at age 14. During World War II, he was a 20-year-old lieutenant in charge of the Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon, 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division.
Fort Ripley was a United States Army outpost on the upper Mississippi River, in mid-central Minnesota from 1848 to 1877. It was situated a few miles from the Indian agencies for the Ho-Chunk and Ojibwe in Iowa Territory and then the Minnesota Territory .