PIERRE, (KCCR) — Another South Dakota bridge has been dedicated to the sacrifice of a Fallen Hero. Officials with the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs gathered with family and friends of Private First Class Mark Shields in Fort Thompson to dedicate a bridge in Shields’ name…
State Veterans Secretary Jeremiah Schneider says Shields enlisted during the Korean War. He was killed August 16th 1950 defending the Pusan Perimeter in Chingong-Ni South Korea. Staff Sergeant Noah Shaffer of the South Dakota National Guard says service in the military is more than just courage…
Shields’ grandson Scott Shields says continues to remember his grandfather by keeping his flag and an Eagle’s feather…
The bridge honoring Shields is the South Dakota Highway 50 bridge over the Crow Creek 12 mil.es north of Chamberlain.
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