In May 1917 a group of wounded British soldiers were photographed on the Western Front. They had been taken prisoner after an unsuccessful attack on Oppy Wood in Flanders. They were later moved to a dressing station behind German lines.
On October 20 2003 my wife Mary recieved a letter and a picture of a magazine cover from her Uncle Joe Mc Cabe R.I.P. who then lived in Brookfield , Connecticut, U.S.A. It read:
Dear Mary Teresa
Enclosed is a picture of your Great Grandfather, John Maines. He is the second from the left. Last year we visited Aunt Emily Maines Romano a few months before she died and she told us the story of the origin of the enclosed picture. She and her son Eddie were in a doctor's office. Looking through the old magazines she saw a copy of "Life "magazine....March 13, 1964. She recognised her father as one of the British soldiers............etc.
Love
Uncle Joe & Aunt Jean Mc Cabe
My curiousity enticed me to check if a copy was still available.....somewhere. I eventually tracked down a pristine edition in Canada for $11.
It is one of my bigger trinkets.
On October 20 2003 my wife Mary recieved a letter and a picture of a magazine cover from her Uncle Joe Mc Cabe R.I.P. who then lived in Brookfield , Connecticut, U.S.A. It read:
Dear Mary Teresa
Enclosed is a picture of your Great Grandfather, John Maines. He is the second from the left. Last year we visited Aunt Emily Maines Romano a few months before she died and she told us the story of the origin of the enclosed picture. She and her son Eddie were in a doctor's office. Looking through the old magazines she saw a copy of "Life "magazine....March 13, 1964. She recognised her father as one of the British soldiers............etc.
Love
Uncle Joe & Aunt Jean Mc Cabe
My curiousity enticed me to check if a copy was still available.....somewhere. I eventually tracked down a pristine edition in Canada for $11.
It is one of my bigger trinkets.
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