17 January 1921. Minnesota's 109th Squadron (redesignated the 109th Observation Squadron on 25 January 1923) became the first post World War I National Guard air unit to receive federal recognition.
January 1921. Governor Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus of Minnesota ordered National Guardsmen to active duty from the 109th Squadron, the aviation unit of the 34th Division, to conduct an aerial search for Cook County Commissioner James Maher who had gone missing in an open boat on Lake Superior...
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