Lewis and Clark County Veterans Memorial Foundation honors fallen soldiers
Helena and Lewis and Clark County have a long, storied history of military service and honoring those who served. In 1943, the 1st Special Service ...
Helena and Lewis and Clark County have a long, storied history of military service and honoring those who served. In 1943, the 1st Special Service Force shipped off to the Aleutian Islands. Along the way, the men learned of the sinking of the USS Helena, sunk by Japanese forces in the Battle of Kula Gulf earlier that year, and by collecting donations and self-imposed tax revenue from poker and dice games aboard the ships, they raised about $6,000 to help replace the light cruiser. A Memorial Day service was held Tuesday in Helena.