From Heather... Letter From WWII Soldier Reaches Home

Letter From WWII Soldier Reaches Home
Son Thanked Parents For Birthday Gift

POSTED: 11:38 am CDT September 15, 2005

POOLE, Neb. -- More than 60 years after he sent it, the final letter
written by a soldier killed in World War II has made it home.

The letter somehow landed inside a newspaper dated 1915.

Nebraskan Gary Mathis found it after he bought a box of old newspapers
at a yard sale in Kansas. The letter's envelope had military post office
markings dated March 6, 1944.

Mathis ran an announcement and a picture of the letter in a local
newspaper, and word of mouth got to the soldier's sister.

Louise Kisling said her brother, Clinton Krotz, was an infantry soldier
in Italy during the war. He was killed in action about two months after
the date on the letter.

In the letter, Krotz thanked his parents for a wristwatch they had sent
as a birthday gift, as well as some candy and nuts.

Kisling said her only disappointment is that her parents never got to
see the letter.

Ms. Madison Ann Blankinship at 4 months and 10 days!

Lookie who came to see us last night!! Yelp, Ms. Madison came to visit last night, before the storms moved in, while mom and dad were practicing their baseball in town. She is a hoot. She can now almost get her legs under her enough to crawl, which will happen soon, I bet. She can turn over by herself and then turn back over. I was taking pics of her trying to do all this last night. You can see how she can get her legs under her in the new photos ... check them out.. enjoy the day!  

Hummm....haha.. from Heather Ann....,

I was sitting in a cafeteria recently, next to a woman who was engrossed in her newspaper.

One of the headlines blared: "12 Brazilian Soldiers Killed."

She shook her head at the sad news.

Then, turning to me, she asked, ";How many is a Brazilian?"