I arrived in Minot June 1968 after a pleasant time in SEA.
SAC was the Command and we had B52's among other aircraft of various sorts.
Key to the North American Defense was the Minuteman Missiles strung out across the northern tier border with Canada.
Lots of stuff went on during those 4 years I was there. First winter an extra heavy snow then and early extreme warm spring caused the "Little Mouse" river to over flow it's banks.... flooding along the valley wherein Minot lay.
Part of my duty at that time was NCOIC of the Supply portion of the Civil Engineering Squadron.
And part of their (my Squadron's) responsibility was flood control.... Never knew there were so many sand bags in the world. We also had to furnish sand to fill them.... That time of the year most sand was still frozen, so we had to provide heaters.
Look up "the little mouse that roared"!
Enjoyed meeting the "NoDaks", a great bunch of people!
We lived on a Cul-de-sac 5-1 Polar Place (most appropriate name). The snow would fall, the wind would blow and the doors would become blocked, crawl out a window, dug out the front door.
A friend had been there for four years and was retiring, heading south.... said he was going to hang a snow shovel on the front of his truck and wait until someone asked what it was before he stopped driving south. He also, was keenly watching to see when someone was going to ask what the electrical plug was doing hanging out from in front of the radiator. Of course you know what a tank heater is! Don't you Eric?
Then off to Anchorage, Alaska for five years!
