South Dakota veteran, 90, completes 3,000th honor guard
Deb Holland, Black Hills (S.D.) Pioneer
March 16
STURGIS, S.D. — Arvid Meland stood at attention with an American flag fluttering over his right shoulder. He steeled his jaw and fixed his gaze on the flag-draped casket being wheeled past him and other members of the Sturgis Honor Guard on a sunny, yet breezy, March afternoon.
Meland, 90, a U.S. Army veteran, goes about his duties precisely and honorably. On this day, the service is for a fellow Army veteran, Roger Rosenow of Reeder, North Dakota.
Meland is not only a veteran of military service, but also a veteran of the Sturgis Honor Guard. Rosenow’s service was the 3,000th of which Meland has participated since joining the group in 1999, the Black Hills Pioneer reported.
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2020/03/17/south-dakota-veteran-90-completes-3000th-honor-guard/
