WHITE RIVER — Another South Dakota bridge now carries the name of a fallen South Dakota hero. In a ceremony Saturday morning in White River the U-S Highway 83 bridge over the Little White River became the Sergeant Philip J Iyotte Memorial Bridge. South Dakota Department of Veteran’s Affairs Deputy Secretary Aaron Pollard says Iyotte was captured during Operation Thunderbolt in the Korean War n 1951…
Lieutenant Governor Larry Rhoden says he hopes South Dakotan with think about the sacrifice of the soldiers remembered on bridges across the state….
Dera Iyotte is Philip Iyotte’s niece and says when Iyotte returned to South Dakota he brought more than himself with him…
Because of the Fallen Heroes Bridge program, 41 bridges now honor 44 service members across the state.
