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  • Family gets letter mailed in 1944

    09/15/2005 5:28:09 AM PDT · by RDTF · 52 replies · 1,609+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | September 15
    NEBRASKA Family gets letter mailed in 1944 POOLE -- It took more than 60 years, but the final letter of a soldier killed in World War II finally made it home. Gary Mathis bought a box of old newspapers at a yard sale in Kansas, and discovered the letter inside a newspaper from 1915. The letter's envelope has military post office markings dated March 6, 1944. It was addressed to W.J. Krotz of Poole. Mr. Mathis placed an announcement and picture of the letter in the Ravenna News, hoping someone might know the family. Louise Kisling said she heard about...