05/25/2020
Sometimes on social media, you're fortunate enough to get to meet someone that you can have a legitimate, meaningful engagement with. I was able to have this with a fella all the way up in North Dakota. He told me of his brother who was a "citizen soldier". With my own son recently signing his name, and taking his oath, to preserve the freedoms and constitutional rights of every American as the same type of Airman in the Air Force, I asked if he'd be willing to tell me his brother's story so it could be shared and his efforts and memory be remembered. This description is about Kenneth Hendrickson from his brother's own words.
Let us all, always be Americans, worth dieing for.
My brother is Kenneth Hendrickson from Bismarck ND. He was a teacher and a janitor for the public schools. He often helped students with schoolwork while doing his janitorial work. Has a son Trevor. Got married right before deployment to Raene. Was with the 957 MRBC with the North Dakota National Guard. He was deployed to Baghdad first, where he stayed in Saddam Hussein's castle. Later he went to Fallujah, where he was lead driver in convoy shipments, as he said these kids have there life to live yet. My brother was one of the older in his unit. He was 41 when he was KIA after striking a road side IED at Fallujah.His passenger, Kieth Smette,was also KIA that day. There is not a day that goes by without remembering him. I have 11 grandkids , none ever met my brother. He has influenced there life on ways he could not imagine. I am also a Veteran. My brother is my hero. And to continue my service to our nation and state I am now running for Governor of ND.