Wonderful, feel good story, Daffy! I am sure his son will treasure this and the two French people showed great compassion and good hearts. Bravo!
I wish I could find the records of my great uncle, who was killed in France, September 1918.
The fire in St. Louis in 1973 destroyed a huge percentage of the records of the first world war.......
Right now I’m looking at a photo of my grandfather, in his doughboy uniform, seated on a sorry-looking horse. He was 15 when he enlisted (lied about his age), and when he was shipped to France, his superior officers insisted he be placed behind the lines with the horses and mules. I wish we still had his dog tags. He died at the age of 82.
I was working on an airport project back in 2001 that required the irrigation canal at the end of the runway be rerouted. After the water was drained and the contractor was working in the 4 foot of muck, we discovered parts (engine cowling and landing gear) of a jet fighter that had crashed in the early 60’s while attempting to land and killed the pilot.
A few weeks later the Cultural Resource Specialist from the local indian tribe discovered the pilots wallet while sifting through the waste piles of muck. All work was stopped and Air Force personnel showed up with a hearse and honor guard to pick up the wallet. They returned it to the pilots family back in Wisconsin.