From KSB4TV, MSNBC, San Luis Obispo, California.
Last week, a long-lost letter from World War II showed up at Camp Roberts in California, 67 years late. It had been postmarked at 6:30 pm on August 9, 1944, from Montgomery, Alabama. Where it was in the meantime is anybody's guess.
It is addressed to Miss R.T. Fletcher at the American Red Cross Hospital at Camp Roberts. The camp closed in 1970 and was torn down 20-30 years ago. Mail for the base was routed through the San Miguel, Ca., post office where the letter turned up last month.
The recipient, Miss Fletcher, has been found, however. She is 90 and lives on the east coast and the letter is from her brother (the return address was torn off the letter. The woman's daughter found out about the story and contacted Gary McMaster at the Camp Roberts Historical Museum. She supplied copies of her uncle's (who has since died) handwriting which matches the address on the letter (which hasn't yet been opened).
McMaster sent the woman the unopened letter.
An Interesting Story. --DaCoot
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