THE WALL OF FACES

Dear Sp5 Ernest Skinner, Thank you for your service as an Infantryman. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Winter will end soon, and Lent has begun. Time moves quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

Thank you for your service and your sacrifice. Thank you for stepping up and answering your country's call. Rest easy knowing you will never be forgotten.

Ernie nicknamed Butch and I grew up together in Ontonagon, Michigan. His parents were killed in a freak small plane accident in John Day Oregon. Butch was 3 and I was 4 when his grandma Noble, Mothers mom who was a neighbor to my family, came and got him and brought him and his sister Reba to Ontonagon. We played constantly in the woods and were best of childhood friends.

If Ernie's Skinner side of the family reads this and I sure hope that they do; I have a message from Ernie to them. I have been holding it inside me for these many years. I don't know the family rift between the Nobles and the Skinners; but I know Ernie wanted with all his heart to know his fathers family. If the related Skinner family reads this--PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH ME! I have a message for you from Ernie. I have kept it in my heart for these 60 years.

You can contact me at: Nancy V. Kulppi 7220 North Claremont 3B Chicago, IL 60645 Sure hope to hear from the Skinner family. Sincerely Nancy Kulppi

dear Ernie
I miss you dearly i think about you every day your sister Reba.

Dear SP5 Ernest Mack Skinner, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

With respect, Sir

Curt Carter