Search and Discover Missions - First Lutheran Church / Minot State University Campus
ANSWERS
A.)On Minot State Campus
1)
Locate the memorial for the only MSU student to die will serving in the U.S. Peace Corps?
What was his name and where was he killed?
James S Redmann - British West Indies
http://peacecorpsonline.org/historyofthepeacecorps/primarysources/19660901%20Volunteer_Sep.pdf
B.) First Lutheran Cemetery (adjacent to campus):
1) Find the World War I veteran awarded the Croix de guerre.
When and why was he awarded this honor and others?
Hildor Bagne Ellison
http://digitalminot.minotstateu.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/downtown/thefair/more-family
http://digitalminot.minotstateu.edu/omeka/archive/files/a49101cac7cec252a3dcd24b09edbab6.jpg
2) Find the “memorial” for the World War II pilot shot down over China?
What was his name and what is his current duty status?
John Opsvig
http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-andmemorializations/detail/WWII_126004#.VVDzBBwo7oo
1st Lt. John Thomas Opsvig, O-730590, Army Air Force, who was lost in air
operations over China on May 6, 1944.
Opsvig was a member of 449th Fighter Squadron, under the 51st Fighter Group, 10AAF. He enlisted on
January 14, 1942 in the Army Air Corps. His squadron operated out of Karachi, India; Dinjan, India; and
Kunming China toward the end of the war. His unit claimed 254 destroyed enemy aircraft, 125 probable,
and 125 damaged. John’s body has never been recovered.
3) Find the only veteran grave marker with a porcelain photo?
What was his name and what war did he die in?
Henry A. Anderson – WW I
http://www.nd.gov/veterans/heroes/henry-anderson