Wednesday, 3 February 2016

Twenty-five Double Four-Patches

Norwood Thomas and Joyce Morris met in England seventy-two years ago. They were together a short time before he parachuted into Normandy with the 101st Airborne. After the war, Thomas returned to his Virginia home. He wrote Joyce and asked her to come to America, but she declined. So Thomas moved on. He met and married someone else; they raised a family and grew old together. After her death, he began to wonder about the girl he’d left behind. That’s when Thomas’ son Steven received an email from Joyce’s son Robert. Joyce, who now lives in Australia, had asked Robert to see if Thomas was still alive and if he’d be willing to talk. The two sons set up a Skype session so Thomas and Joyce could catch up. Their story went public in November. Since then, hundreds of people have donated to their GoFundMe account. 93-year-old Thomas and 88-year-old Joyce will meet again in Adelaide this Valentine’s Day.

No comments:

Post a Comment