Minnesota was home to more than 8,073 casualties in the 20th century:

World War I: 2,482

World War II: 3,775

Korea: 741

Vietnam: 1,075

Prisoners of war: 244

Missing in action: 1,860

Pearl Harbor: 54

D-Day and Normandy: 82

Medal of Honor recipients (the most difficult to receive and given by the president): 10

Pequot Lakes has two buried on foreign soil and one in Hawaii:

Ben Krueger: American Cemetery, Romagne, France

Henry Bogart: American Cemetery, Manila

Marvin Boty: Honolulu, Hawaii

Remember all of our veterans on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.

The Pequot Lakes Area Historical Society contributes historical tidbits monthly.

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