Submitted by: Gary Pettis

Category: Stories

Below in the website section, I also pasted a hot link to a Mankato Free Press piece. Among other things, it recognizes the anniversary of the death of Mankatoan Leo Lorentz, who was killed in action in France, October 3, 1918.

http://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/lorentz-brothers-served-...

From this link, you will find a description of the artist who created the artwork from which the image was captured.

About the author:

Gary Pettis is a writer, designer and creative marketer from Mankato, Minnesota. His father, Elmo Pettis, served in WWII, in the Army Air Force and served in China-Burma-India. Elmo Pettis later became of a Post Commander of Lorentz Post 11 of the American Legion, and earned selection as a Sargent-of-Arms on the Post, State and National levels.