[1] By 1942, the First Separate Infantry Battalion of the Minnesota State Guard was placed on active duty, requiring prospective members to enlist for the duration of the war plus an additional six months.

[10] The battalion was responsible for providing full-time security for Duluth, Two Harbors, and the Thomson Dam in Jay Cooke State Park.

[11] In at least one event, members of the Minnesota State Guard competed in a rifle competition against students from the Shattuck Military School.

[12] In 1948, two battalions of Minnesota State Guard, equipped with one dozen M4 Sherman tanks, were deployed to quell a violent strike by the meat packer's union in the St. Paul and Newport areas.

[13] After the violence was quelled, the troops withdrew from most of their deployed zones but continued to patrol the Wilson plant in Albert Lea, Minnesota.