The South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs will be hosting a State Bridge Dedication Ceremony at 2pm this afternoon (July 7, 2023) to honor U.S. Army Specialist Five Samuel J. Jorgensen.
The ceremony will be at the Chamberlain Community Center (112 N. Main Street). The Nelson Creek Bridge on SD HWY 50 will be dedicated to SP5 Jorgensen.
In connection with ground operations against a hostile force on February 14, 1970, Jorgensen heroically distinguished himself while serving as a loader with Company M 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Calvary Regiment, in the Republic of Vietnam. Troop C, with Specialist Jorgensen’s platoon attached, was summoned to aid an infantry unit who had engaged a well-entrenched enemy force. Upon arrival at the scene of contact, the tanks began to assault the…
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