WWII widow finds long-lost letters from late husband
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Channel: LOCAL 12 · 2015 · News & Politics
INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR/CNN Newsource/WKRC) -- Ruby Taylor rediscovered some old love letters her husband, Jack Walker, wrote during WWII while he was aboard the USS Indianapolis. They were high school sweethearts who ended up getting married. Jack was a radio host on the USS Indianapolis. Ruby recently moved and rediscovered the letters he had written to her 70 years ago. One of the letters read, "I wish you would find out for sure whether or not we are going to have an addition to the family. The suspense is killing me. I don't know much about naming a girl, so I will let you attend to that. Of course, it won't be a girl, but just in case you better have a name picked out. Let me know as soon as you can." She tried to reply to one of his letters to tell him she was pregnant. Jack never read that letter as his ship was torpedoed and he was killed on July 30, 1945. Image and video courtesy WTHR/CNN Newsource Follow us on Twitter @Local12 and LIKE us on Facebook for updates!
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