Early Show producer Steve Cohen, standing left, Paige Kendig and Dave Price kneeling, pose with students from North Dakota State University who assisted our crew at the Fargo Air Museum on June 23, 2006. Shown from left are Gregory Heller, Kyle Locket, Michael Herman, Anna Larsen, Rachel Lykken, Annie Mitchell and Mara Brust.
Dawn breaks as the band prepares for The Early Show's "Great American Vacation" giveaway in Fargo, N.D., June 23, 2006.
Some of the beautiful flying machines on display at the Fargo Air Museum in Fargo, N.D. The aviation museum was the location for The Early Show's "Great American Vacation" giveaway on June 23, 2006.
Our fearless pilot Dave Price kicked off the The Early Show broadcast at the Fargo Air Museum in the cockpit of "Duggy" -- a remarkable flying machine that saw extensive duty during World War II as the C-47.
Winny is photographed next to a P-51 Mustang at dawn on the tarmac of the Fargo Air Museum in Fargo, N.D., June 23, 2006.
A T-6 Texan at the Fargo Air Museum, June 23, 2006. The aircraft was known as "the pilot maker" because of its important role in preparing pilots for combat.
Among the memorable moments in Fargo, N.D., was meeting 91-year-old veteran Sam Skaff. Skaff says he still fits into his uniform from over 65 years ago. Way to go Sam, we salute you!
Go Bison! Cheerleaders and the mascot form North Dakota State University were on hand for the The Early Show's "Great American Vacation" giveaway Friday, June 23, 2006.
Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
Winny sits below the larger-than-life sculpture carved into the southeast face of a mountain in South Dakota, Monday, June 26, 2006. Mount Rushmore features the faces of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
Getting closer... In 1923, South Dakota state historian Doane Robinson conceived the idea to attract more people to the Black Hills of South Dakota with colossal carvings of western heroes. Congress passed legislation authorizing the mountain carving in Harney National Forest Preserve, now known as Black Hills National Forest.
The faces of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln are 60-feet high, perched 500 feet up. Known as the shrine of democracy, the South Dakota monument is the world's largest sculpture.
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, June 28, 2006, in Montana. The battlefield is the site of the June 25, 1876, battle between the U.S. Army's 7th cavalry and several bands of Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho.
A gravestone marks the site where Lt. Col G.A. Custer was killed in the Battle of Little Bighorn almost 130 years ago to the day, in Montana June 28, 2006. His remains were reinterred at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. In 1890, headstone markers were erected across the battlefield by the Army to show where the men of the 7th Calvary were killed.
"Winny" sits by the monument erected to honor the fallen of the 7th Calvary led by Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, June 28, 2006. In the Valley of the Little Bighorn River, the 7th Cavalry and their Indian allies attacked the village of 6,000 to 7,000 people, on June 25, 1876. When the battle was over, 263 cavalrymen, including Custer, were dead; 350 survived.
The site was first preserved as a national cemetery in 1879, to protect graves of the 7th Cavalry troopers buried there. It was redesignated Custer Battlefield National Monument in 1946, and later renamed Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in 1991.
Little Bighorn Battlefield monument at Last Stand Hill, June 28, 2006, in Montana. The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand, was the most famous incident in the Indian Wars and was a remarkable victory for the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne. A U.S. cavalry detachment commanded by Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer was annihilated.