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Army Pfc. Nathan D. Munson has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.

He is the son of Sandra Munson of Francis Drive N.W., Walker, Minn., and grandson of Marie Ripp of 11th Ave. S.E., East Grand Forks, Minn.

Munson graduated in 2003 from Walker-Hackensack-Akeley High School, Minn.[[In-content Ad]]

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