It is appropriate to honor Idaho’s Dirk Kempthorne on this Memorial Day

In 1968, Congress designated the last Monday in May as Memorial Day, a day to remember, honor and mourn those who have died in America’s wars. Beginning with the Revolutionary War, over 1.3 million Americans have died in the nation’s conflicts and wars. There were 58,220 US troops killed in Vietnam, including 251 from Idaho. […]