Mr. and Mrs. Chris Wiener of Hinton, who are the parents of this sailor, received a telegram saying, “I am O.K. Have been at sea since war started. Did you keep that good old flag flying?”
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, January 15, 1942 (photograph included)
Louis Christian Wiener was born May 22, 1923 to Chris and Frances Heimgartner Wiener. He died May 23, 1999 and is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
