A young man was one of five brothers in a farming family in 1941, as World War II was raging and the US was building the military. In order to supposedly get a better deal he enlisted in the Army to keep from getting drafted. He as assigned as a medic in the 13th Infantry Regiment.
While his convoy was passing through a small town in Tennessee during the 1942 maneuvers, he threw a piece of paper with his name and address out of the truck to a girl he saw standing on the town square. They courted while he was in TN and corresponded afterward. After the war and his discharge from the Army, they married.
Dad passed away one month shy of their SIXTY-FIRST wedding anniversary in 2006. Mom died 3 months later.
61 years that started with a name and address thrown out of a truck.
wow