Rotary March for Veterans Celebration

The Evening's Guest Speaker
Chris Magnusson

Having served in the United States Marine Corps as a Special Intelligence Communications Center Operator, Chris Magnusson had been stationed in a variety of units that included Parris Island, Company K Marine Support Battalion, 2nd Radio Battalion and Company F Marine Support Battalion. In 1991, after six years, she was honorably discharged as a Sergeant (E-5) and returned to her home in Hibbing as a veteran.

Since her separation, Chris Magnusson has been a part of the forming of the Yellow Ribbon Committee, served on the board for the Minnesota Women Veterans Initiative, a member of the United Way of Northeastern Minnesota United for Veterans group and charter member of the Northeastern Minnesota Women's Veterans group.  She's also received the Hibbing Area Chamber of Commerce Above and Beyond award, a Certificate of Appreciation and Challenge Coin from Able Troop 1st Squadron 94th Cavalry Regiment, and a 2018 Lifesaver Award from the United Way of Northeastern Minnesota.

Click here for a more detailed biography of
Chris Magnusson, as well as information about
I Am Not Invisible - Women Veterans