Name/Title
ND Natl. Guard, Company L soldiers Adolph Arneson & Knute Wigestrand at Camp Claiborne, LA, 1941Entry/Object ID
2023.68.44Description
ND Natl. Guard, Company L soldiers Adolph Arneson & Knute Wigestrand at Camp Claiborne, LA, 1941Photograph Details
Subject
ND Natl. Guard, Company L soldiers Adolph Arneson & Knute Wigestrand at Camp Claiborne, LA, 1941Subject Person or Organization
Adoph Arneson, Knute WigestrandContext
A 1941 photograph of ND Natl. Guard, Company L soldiers Adolph Arneson & Knute Wigestrand while training at Camp Claiborne, LA.
After Camp Claiborne, Sgt. Arneson served with the 164th Infantry in New Caledonia and other areas in the South Pacific during WWII. In August 1943, he was discharged after serving the ND Natl. Guard, Company L, for 23 years, as reported in the Hillsboro Banner on 13 August 1943. Adolph Arneson accepted a position with the defense industry in Seattle, WA, and moved his family there.
Knute Wigestrand from Buxton also served in WWII after Camp Claiborne.Cataloged By
LeAnn BeckAcquisition
Accession
2023.68Source or Donor
Alvin TollefsrudLocation
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* Untyped Location
Resource RoomBuilding
Plummer HouseCategory
Exhibit
