Lee and I saw a wonderful news item yesterday on TV. They showed a vet who served in the ETO and was sent to the hospital for an extended stay in England just prior to the Battle of the Bulge.
Well he went to check his mail the other day and lo and behold there was a large package addressed to him from Belgium. He thought, what the heck. Well he opened it and much to his surprise, there was his duffle bag with his name on it. He was flabbergasted.
Seems a young man who is trying to keep the history alive in Belgium, stumbled upon this and other items, and managed to locate this vet and send it back to him after ALL these years.
Needlesss to say the veteran was overwhelmed with thanks and couldn't believe that it had survived intact after many, many decades. He is very grateful to this young man and in fact is going to mount it over his fireplace. Ain't that great?
Tried to find the story on the internet, but no such luck yet. If I do, will post the whole story here.
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"