Fort Harrison News

TOWNSEND - Kenneth L. Sofil, 75, a decorated Army veteran, died of lung cancer Sunday at the Fort Harrison hospital.

Shafts of golden light from a late October sun slanted through oaks and maples as a wiry gray-haired lady bearing an American flag picked her way over the fallen leaves covering the Wentworth family cemetery.

Sep. 30, 1864: In a series of battles near Richmond, Virginia, black troops capture Confederate entrenchments at New Market Heights, make a gallant but unsuccessful assault on Fort Gilmer, and help repulse counterattacks on Fort Harrison.

Considered the "Super Bowl" of Army competitions, 24 soldiers from 12 different commands throughout the country are competing in the Best Warrior Competition, which begins this week in Virginia - and two of them happen to be from Montana.

The transactions were short-lived; a dean put a quick end to the endeavor. * Simon ended up in Indianapolis thanks to the U.S. Army and was assigned to the financial center at Fort Harrison.

An unknown Civil War soldier began his journey home to New York state Tuesday, nearly a year after a visitor to the Antietam National Battlefield spotted his remains in a cornfield that saw the fiercest fighting of the war.

Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press Tom Gray, of Altoona, Pa., fires blanks as he portrays American combat troops 'in country' in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Military Museum in Boalsburg, Pa., in July.

Ron Williams is a pastor at Back to Foundation church and the author of a new book, "Faith & Fat Loss." Draper>> Smack in the center of the Genesis story about Adam and Eve and their decision to go against God is a piece of fruit.

Panetta's problems cause spy trouble 'for years' A A Aug. 18: The Daily Beast's Joseph Finder explains why CIA director Leon Panetta's decision to keep an anti-terrorism hit squad a secret will result in intrusive oversight into the CIA "for years to come." updated Aug.

The cremated remains of two World War II veterans have been transported from a Ronan mortuary to Fort Harrison in Helena to be laid to rest.

Veterans, families and the general public are all invited to the second Vietnam Experience, a tactical demonstration and encampment from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 18-19 at Fort Harrison State Park, 5753 Glenn Road, Indianapolis.

BELGRADE - Army veteran and former Great Falls resident Michael R. Patterson, 59, of Belgrade, whose varied careers included welder, fishing hand, construction worker and teacher of English as a second language, died June 17 at a Missoula hospital, of complications from a car crash near Drummond.

Over 30,000 people are expected to attend The Gateway to Freedom Air Show, which will take place in Helena this weekend.

HELENA - Army veteran Garfield O. Munson, 87, a former coach and superintendent of schools, died of natural causes Saturday in Helena.

Mayor Paul Ricketts officially welcomed the Indiana National Guard and the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team to the City of Lawrence during a groundbreaking ceremony hosted by Maj.

HELENA - Longtime Helena resident Dolores Elizabeth "Dee" King, 89, died of natural causes Tuesday at her home in Keizer, Ore.

On June 2, 1970, 39 years ago yesterday, Corporal Kenneth B. Luttel died in Vietnam.

In a boost to the local economy, the US military is investing $15 million into historic Fort Benjamin Harrison.

John Lester Newell, 71, of 715 47th St. S., a retired Marine and Army veteran, died of cancer Friday at a local hospital.

It closed as a military base in 1995, but found new life. Fort Harrison was built in 1908 in what was then rural Lawrence Township and was at its busiest during the world wars.