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A love story (true!)

The year, 1942. A young soldier from NC is on maneuvers in middle Tennessee. He is a medic attached to the 13th Infantry regiment, and is detailed to drive a truck in the convoy. As his truck is always at the rear of the convoy, he would slow down and then "gun it" to catch up with the rest. The regimental transportation officer caught him and banished him to the back of the truck.

While passing through the small town of Alexandria, TN one Saturday, He saw a girl standing on the town square waving to the troops. He wrote his name and address on a piece of paper and threw it to her.

She wrote to him, and therein started a courtship that continued while he was stationed in TN. Eventually, he was shipped out, fought from Normandy to the end of the war in Europe, all the while corresponding with the Tennessee girl.

When the Japanese surrendered, he was in the states training for the invasion of Japan. He was discharged in early October 1945.

He traveled to Tennessee and married the girl on October 20th, 1945 and took her home to eastern NC.

They both worked at the Marine base at Cherry Point, had two kids (a girl and a boy), retired in 1973 and proceeded to travel the country after their son joined the Navy in 1978.

One month and two days shy of their 61st anniversary, last September 18th, he died from lung cancer at age 87. She died from a series of strokes at age 80 on December 22nd.

This is the story of my Mom and Dad.