One hundred seventy soldiers belonging to the Montana National Guard's 1-189th Aviation Battalion departed for Fort Sill, Okla., from Helena earlier this month. One of the soldiers was 30-year-old Sgt. John W. Gehring, a former St. Ignatius resident and descendant of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO