Today in History revisits the Tuesday, December 9, 1941 edition of the Grand Forks Herald and highlights a story on North Dakota Governor John Moses calling for citizens to be alert for sabotage following Japan's declaration of war. He immediately deployed the highway patrol to guard key infrastructure, like the Bismarck-Mandan bridge, and made plans with the WPA to protect the Bismarck airport. With federal encouragement, the state began organizing a voluntary Home Guard to protect essential wartime facilities. The war came to the prairies fast.

BISMARCK—(AP story as published by the Grand Forks Herald in 1941) — Governor John Moses called on North Dakota citizens to be on the alert for sabotage by Japanese agents to transportation facilities, highways and industries following announceme

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