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NEW ULM Greg Peterson, the Brown County Veteran’s Service Officer and Minnesota Association of County Veterans Service Officers (MACVSO) President, testified before the Minnesota Veterans & Military Affairs Finance & Policy Committee Feb. 25 at the State Capitol via Zoom.
“As president of the service officers (association), I felt compelled to be the lead testifier, and since we recently attended the Robert Niemann Memorial at Soldier’s Rest (at the New Ulm City Cemetery), I knew how much his daughter Ann Bakkensen has worked for 30 years on the national level with POW/MIA efforts,” Peterson said.
He testified on behalf of Minnesota Senate File 1041, a resolution memorializing the United States government to bring home every American prisoner of war/missing in action veteran (POW/MIA).