Ray Repasky forwarded this letter to me. I have been negligent posting it in a timely manner. I apologize for the delay...
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Good afternoon, Meij and family :
My name is Rodney Ringbloom and I am living in Grand Forks, North Dakota, My son, Pete, is the person to whom you wrote. Pete also lives in Grand Forks. Lt. Guy Ringbloom was one of my older brothers.
I was extremely pleased to receive your email note through my son. Yes, either your mother or your father wrote a letter to my parents in 1945 or 1946 saying that they had adopted and were caring for Guy's grave.
My father died in 1960 and my mother died in 1975 thus your family’s name and address were lost to us when they passed away. My other older brother, Burt (now deceased) has a son, Jim, who lives in California and may be one of the Ringbloom names you discovered. Jim was born in 1940 so he may not remember his Uncle Guy.
Guy was a pleasant man who enjoyed people all throughout his life. The last time I had an opportunity to see him was in San Francisco, California, where we met when both of us were in the service. It was a beautiful restaurant a bit out of this apprentice seaman’s level. I had just graduated from Southwest High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota in June, 1944 and had joined the U.S. Navy in September of that year. Our last dinner together was Guy's treat to me. After our dinner, Guy went to his camp and I went to mine. He left for Europe and I shipped to Okinawa with the SeaBees group to which I belonged. It was in Okinawa that I received the telegram that Guy had been killed.
We are very thankful that you and your family are so kind and generous to visit the cemetery from time to time to watch over the burial site. If you have any additional questions you might like answered, please feel free to write to me at my wife's email address, listed below my name.
Once again, thank you for your continuing connection with our family. We are most grateful.
Rodney Ringbloom
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