22 October 2007

Postcard from WWII Battlefront Delivered 64 Years Later

A postcard mailed by a Japanese soldier 64 years ago from a Southeast Asian battlefront during World War II was delivered to its recipient in Japan on Friday.

The card was intercepted by Allied soldiers and kept in the US as a souvenir for nearly 60 years. The son of the US soldier gave it to a Japanese exchange student in the hopes that it would find its way to the intended recipient. The search took several years, but the message was finally delivered.

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