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For Dennis Clemenson, Mike Liapis and Dave Sjostrom of Bemidji, memories of fallen comrades are vivid. A recent visit to the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C., only rekindled those flashbacks.
Theodore (Ted) Midtaune, 83, of Livermore, California, passed away on the evening of September 23, 2022, in his home with family at his side. Ted was born on January 12, 1939, in Faribault, Minnesota, the first child of Theodore and Harriett (Jacobson) Midtaune. He graduated from Trimont High School in Trimont, MN, where he was a talented, multisport athlete. Ted married Merry Carol Sprink in 1960 in Arco, MN. Soon after, he enlisted in the United States Army, serving several years in the Army Security Agency, including a deployment in Ankara, Turkey. He made lifelong friendships during his ti...