Local military units answered the call after 9/11

While their neighbors were still trying to come to grips with what happened to their country on Sept. 11, 2001, citizen soldiers and airmen from the Fort Dodge region were going to work to make sure it didn’t happen again. An Army Reserve unit from Pocahontas and an Air National Guard unit from Fort Dodge were called to active duty within days of the attack. They would make key contributions to the nation’s defense. The Army Reserve unit in Pocahontas was called the 4249th Port Security Co. And despite being in the middle of the…