NEWS OF SERVICEMEN.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Colling, Remsen, report having received a letter from their son, S/Sgt. Carl Colling, who says he is doing fine after having been wounded in action, but begs his parents not to worry because “I will make it O.K., and it does feel rather good in the hospital, taking life easy.” Sgt. Colling is in the Philippines.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, April 10, 1945
***Further Research:
Carl William Colling was born Oct. 22, 1917 to William and Mary Catherine Oswald Colling. He died Dec. 15, 1985 and is buried in Saint Marys Cemetery, Remsen, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
