On the Capitol Grounds in St. Paul, Minnesota you'll find Gun No. 3 from the USS Ward, a destroyer with 85 naval reservists from Minnesota who were patrolling Pearl Harbor the morning of Dec 7, 1941, They spotted a mini-submarine and sunk it with that same No. 3 gun... the first shots fired by the United States in World War 2.
The Minnesotans You've Never Heard of on Dec 7, 1941
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