For Immediate Release
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Contact: COL (Ret) Butch Dowse
National Guard Association of Kansas
862-1066
Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame to induct two members
The Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame Board of Governors has announced the
2004 Inductees for the Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony
will be held on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004 at the Holiday Inn West, 605 Fairlawn,
Topeka, Kan., at 2:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
The two inductees for 2004 are Maj. Gen. James F. Rueger, Beattie, and Master
Sgt. Dan D. Anderson of Sabetha.
Rueger retired from the Kansas National Guard with over 42 years of service
in the Kansas Army National Guard, with the last five years being the Adjutant
General of Kansas. Rueger and his wife, Kathie, live on a farm near Beattie.
Anderson lives in Sabetha with his wife Fran. He retired from the Kansas Army
National Guard with nearly 40 years of service, having joined in January 1949.
This marks the 26th year for the Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame induction.
The 2004 inductees will make the 79th and the 80th Kansas Guardsmen who have
been so honored. The guardsmen are nominated and selected by their peers and
associates for outstanding contributions to the Kansas Army or Air National
Guard and the communities in which they live.
The Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame is located in the Museum of the Kansas
National Guard, Building 301, Forbes Field, Topeka, which is open from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.
For more information, contact retired Col. Butch Dowse at the National Guard
Association of Kansas at 785/862-1066.
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