Al Bonnifield was an armorer for the 1st Battalion, 125 Field Artillery, when then Command Sergeant Major Tim Walz buttonholed a couple of the guys on drill in 2005 at the national guard unit in New Ulm, Minnesota, to talk about whether he should retire to run for Congress or not.
“I was in that room,” Bonnifield said. “Governor Walz is a very hard person to figure out. He’s all game until something like this comes up, and then he’s, ‘Well, what should I do?’”
