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    Frontier sentinel: Old Fort Ripley in 1862.
    The St. Paul gun crew of the USS Ward (DD 139) that fired the first shots against the Japanese in World War II, December 7, 1941.
    34th Division soldier PFC Milburn Henke of Hutchinson, officially the first Yank to land in Europe for service in World War II, Jan. 26, 1942.

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    • Camp Ripley
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    • Maj. Gen. Ellard A. Walsh
    • Maj. Gen. George E. Leach
    • 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)
    • 34th "Red Bull" Infantry Division 1917-2015 
    • 47th "Viking" Infantry Division 1946-1991
    • 99th Infantry Battalion (Sep) 1941-1945

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    Minnesota Military Museum
    Camp Ripley
    15000 Highway 115
    Little Falls, MN 56345

    Phone: 320-616-6050
    DSN Prefix: 871-7374
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