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Martha Walandouw Lohn and grandson Brian Kimmel pose as Martha holds her memoir book “Blue Skies, Troubled Waters.”

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Indonesian American woman’s life memoir includes little-known World War II history

In 1961, members of a Snohomish church sponsored her return to the U.S. This Saturday, her story will be shared.

SNOHOMISH -- A deeply personal account of a little-known chapter of wartime history, one that grandson Brian Kimmel has worked for years to preserve and expand. On Saturday, May 17, the Snohomish United Methodist Church—the same church that sponsored Lohn’s return immigration to the U.S. in 1961—is hosting a book launch.

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