The South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs will hold a bridge naming ceremony tomorrow (Oct. 14) in Highmore to honor Combat Veteran SGT Daniel Busse.
The State Bridge Dedication will be held at 1:30pm CT in the east wing of the Highmore Auditorium (415 Iowa Avenue South).
The Highway 14 Bridge near Harrold will be dedicated to Busse, of Highmore, who died in hostile gunfire Sept. 1, 1968, while serving in South Vietnam (Quang Ngai province).
Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs Greg Whitlock says our fallen heroes are no longer with us, but their memories live on in the hearts of their loved ones and our state. He says naming bridges in honor of fallen soldiers gives us an opportunity to remember and reflect.
Naming bridges in honor of combat veterans who died while serving their country is a new initiative of Governor Kristi Noem and the South Dakota Departments of Military, Transportation and Veterans Affairs.
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