Naval Sea Cadets lend hand to Mom of Fort Hood massacre victim

U.S. Naval Sea Cadets help mother of Kiel soldier killed in Fort Hood attack
May 11, 2013
Written by
Janet Ortegon
Gannett Wisconsin Media

KIEL — Surrounded by friends new and old, Jeri Krueger is spending this Mother’s Day honoring the daughter she lost.

Krueger, 57, hosted a battalion of U.S. Naval Sea Cadets at her rural Kiel homestead over the weekend and handed out water and love as they braved frigid rain and wind to help her.

“I feel wonderful about it,” said Krueger, 57, as the teenage cadets cleared brush, chopped up fallen trees and did other cleanup and renovation work. “It’s overwhelming. I actually teared up this morning when I introduced myself to all the cadets. I just think working under these conditions — and they’re all just going at it anyway — I just think it’s Amy-azing, as we use in our family.”

Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger was killed in the Nov. 5, 2009, attack on Fort Hood, Texas. She was there awaiting her second deployment to Afghanistan as a member of the Madison-based 467th Medical Detachment.
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