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spent on booze. History doesn't record how many wings were
lost in this manner, nor how many beneficent bar owners even-
tually gave the wings back without collecting on the debt.
The capital city's hotels could also find themselves besieged
by soldiers in training during weekend furloughs, and in one
case a soldier's girlfriend unknowingly pulled the fuse on a dy-
namite cap that he had left on the hotel dresser. In a panic, and
knowing that he couldn't throw the explosive outside without
killing a few Helenans, he tossed it into his hotel room's bathtub
HELENA WAS SELECTED
AS THE TRAINING SITE FOR THE
SO-CALLED DEVIL'S BRIGADE
BECAUSE IT OFFERED RUGGED
CONDITIONS THAT MIRRORED
NORWAY'S COUNTRYSIDE.
Helena's Fort William
Henry Harrison
during World War II
The 1942 parade
through downtown Helena
