Letter Finds Way To WW2 War Hero After 70 Years
- January 15 , 2012
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94-year old war veteran and POW camp survivor, David Hutton, got a huge surprise when his brother handed him a letter that had been mailed 70 years ago. David’s stepmother, Daisy, wrote the letter containing family news and village gossip on May 20th, 1941, sadly it never reached the Black Watch hero. The pensioner, who had been wounded by shrapnel, was captured and taken to a German-run hospital while the letter was making it’s way to the Field Post Office in Egypt.
David’s former captain, Jim Ewan, initialed the letter, marked him as ‘missing’ and sent it back to his family. Upon receiving the letter, Daisy tucked it away in a box where it was forgotten till the army hero’s sister in law recently discovered it.
The letter was in good condition and reading it brought back many memories for David. He said: “When I read the letter I became quite emotional. Two friends mentioned in it are dead and I miss them.” The brave war hero, who was a POW in Stalag 8b in Poland before being freed in 1945, had never been told of the letter’s existence. Receiving it was a wonderful surprise and he has vowed to keep it safe: “I’ll make sure it never goes missing again. It brings back a lot of memories.”
Article written by Luna Raye
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