Getting a hero’s welcome

Staff Sgt. Edward Krause smiled as he saw the crowds on Havre's Town Square Saturday afternoon.

People had gathered to take part in a welcomehome ceremony to the Havre-based 639th Combat Sustainment Supply Company of the Montana Army National Guard.

Krause is accustomed to deployment in Iraq.

This was the fourth time he has been sent to Iraq.

"One time, I was only back for six months before I was deployed again," he said.

He recalls the first time he went, he was a little skeptical of chances for a successful mission.

"There was a lot of uncertainty," he said. "No one was sure how it would com...