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Times of India - US News

US - Nov 11, 2026 - A Navy veteran's 1946 letter to his high-school sweetheart was sealed inside an Illinois home's wall; renovators found it 70 years later and returned it to him at age 90 - A poignant snapshot from April 1946 reveals a young US Navy sailor writing to his cherished sweetheart, Juanita Gibbs. Years later, Tom Moore found the letter while renovating an old house and embarked on a quest to reunite it with its author, Don McCabe. This discovery stirred McCabe's memories of his late wife, highlighting how handwritten letters can bridge the emotional distance caused by military separations.

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