Wisconsin Adjutant General Jerald Slack cuts the ribbon to dedicate a new armory. With him (left) are Abbotsford Mayor, Duane Grube, and Congressman David R. Obey. Obey, as a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, was instrumental in securing the funds for the new facility even though they had been cut from the Administration's budget. The armory was to be the base for Abbotsford's Detachment 1, Company D, 724th Engineering Battalion. Wisconsin Historical Society image WHI-92292, used with persmission