100-year old WWII veteran Don Halverson chats with Spc. Chloe Dubose, the newest member of the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division before the unvieling of the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division Monument at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, near Minneapolis, May 6, 2023. (Minnesota National Guard photo Staff Sgt. Mahsima Alkamooneh)
Abdirahman Abdalla was around seven years old when he went to his mother’s first-cousin’s wedding in Rochester, Minnesota. It was a sunny July day, and around 30-40 close family and friends gathered in his cousin’s home to celebrate the union.