1944 Letter Finally Headed to Intended Recipient

[Snoutport]

Source: Art Daily

The letter was postmarked from Montgomery on Aug. 9, 1944, and addressed to a Miss R.T. Fletcher at an American Red Cross hospital at Camp Roberts, Calif. There was no return address.

It was delivered in February to the camp's historical museum. The postal service couldn't explain what delayed the letter.

The newspaper reported Friday that Fletcher's daughter had come forward. She said her mother, who is 90, was a Red Cross volunteer at the hospital.

Read more: http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=45667

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Just thought I would share... it was a nice story for such a terrible day.

[murielm99]

1. It was from the lady's brother, who has died.

How poignant.