{"id":37685,"date":"2013-09-23T08:18:39","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T12:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=37685"},"modified":"2013-09-23T08:18:39","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T12:18:39","slug":"daughter-reunited-with-fathers-purple-heart-follow-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=37685","title":{"rendered":"Daughter Reunited with Father’s Purple Heart Follow-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a follow-up to Jonn’s post on September 19th, Daughter to be united with father\u2019s Purple Heart and his only words to her<\/a>, yesterday the Patriot Guard Riders and Donna Gregory made good on the delivery. Via the AP\/Yahoo News<\/a>;<\/p>\n

A World War II soldier’s heartfelt letter to his daughter has finally reached her, seven decades after it was written.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In case you missed the original story;<\/p>\n

The father she never met wrote the three-page letter shortly after she was born and shortly before he died in Italy in June 1944. He sent it while stationed in Texas, just before he was sent overseas.<\/p>\n

Donna Gregory of St. Louis found the soldier’s letter and other World War II memorabilia in a box 14 years ago while helping her then-husband clean out his grandparents’ home in Arnold, Mo., a St. Louis suburb.<\/p>\n

Gregory tracked down Smith in June after a search that involved libraries and the Internet. Both women cried during their initial phone conversation that left the daughter shocked by the items’ discovery.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sunday, the medals and letter were delivered by Donna Gregory and the Patriot Guard Riders;<\/p>\n

\"purple<\/a><\/p>\n

Peggy Eddington-Smith received the letter penned by her father, Pfc. John Eddington, as well as his Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals, during an emotional ceremony Saturday in Dayton, Nev., about 40 miles southeast of Reno.<\/p>\n

Gregory’s voice cracked with emotion as she read the letter Saturday, bringing tears to Eddington-Smith and many in the crowd of about 150.
\nThe soldier devoted the first page to his wife, saying he hoped she did not find it “silly” that he was writing a letter to a child who could not read.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not so silly, I think… If your monitor hasn’t blurred over yet, check your pulse.<\/p>\n

Job well done Ms. Gregory and the Patriot Guard Riders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a follow-up to Jonn’s post on September 19th, Daughter to be united with father\u2019s Purple … Daughter Reunited with Father’s Purple Heart Follow-Up<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":612,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,218,141],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blue-skies","category-feel-good-stories","category-reunions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/612"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}