South Dakota Governors Column: On Veterans Day, We Recognize Commitment and Courage
November 09, 2018
November 09, 2018
PIERRE, South Dakota, Nov. 9 -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard, R-South Dakota, issued the following column:
When I was a young boy, sometimes on trips to town I would see an old soldier or sailor on the street. The Korean War was still fresh in our minds, and World War II as well. The veterans I spotted didn't go out of their way to be noticed. Folks around town just knew who they were and what they had done. They were some of my boyhood heroes, and on Veterans Day, the whole town turne . . .
When I was a young boy, sometimes on trips to town I would see an old soldier or sailor on the street. The Korean War was still fresh in our minds, and World War II as well. The veterans I spotted didn't go out of their way to be noticed. Folks around town just knew who they were and what they had done. They were some of my boyhood heroes, and on Veterans Day, the whole town turne . . .