{"id":188911,"date":"2016-02-11T10:40:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T10:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=188911"},"modified":"2016-02-11T10:40:16","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T10:40:16","slug":"world-war-ii-veteran-reunites-with-wartime-love-after-70-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/world-war-ii-veteran-reunites-with-wartime-love-after-70-years\/","title":{"rendered":"World War II veteran reunites with wartime love after 70 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An American World War II veteran and his wartime girlfriend will spend this Valentine&#8217;s Day together following an emotional reunion after more than 70 years apart.<\/p>\n<p>Norwood Thomas, 93, laughed Wednesday as he met and hugged Joyce Morris, 88, for the first time since 1945.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is about the most wonderful thing that could have happened,&#8221; said the former U.S. paratrooper, who flew 9,000 miles to Australia to see his long-lost sweetheart after they reconnected via Skype.<\/p>\n<p>Norwood, from Virginia Beach, was 21 when he met a then-17-year-old Morris in London shortly before the 1944 invasion of Normandy.<\/p>\n<p>He returned to the U.S. after the war, and they exchanged letters. Thomas asked Morris to come to the U.S. to marry him, but she misunderstood and thought he&#8217;d found someone else, so she stopped writing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_188914\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188914\" style=\"width: 557px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188914\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Lovers-3.jpg\" alt=\"The two engaged in a chat.\" width=\"557\" height=\"288\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The two engaged in a chat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The two eventually married other people. Thomas&#8217; wife died in 2001; Morris divorced her husband after 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>However, the flame never quite went out.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Morris asked one of her sons to look for Thomas online and they found his name featured in an article about D-Day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_188913\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188913\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188913\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Lovers-2.jpg\" alt=\"Norwood Thomas, 93, seen checking in for his long flight to Australia. Hyunsoo Leo Kim \/ \\The Virginian-Pilot via AP. \" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Norwood Thomas, 93, seen checking in for his long flight to Australia. Hyunsoo Leo Kim \/ \\The Virginian-Pilot via AP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After their story was featured on Australia&#8217;s Channel 7, hundreds of well-wishers made donations to help fund an emotional reunion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are going to have a wonderful fortnight together,&#8221; she said to him as they finally embraced in the city of Adelaide.<\/p>\n<p>Norwood said: &#8220;It was a nice feeling to see this woman that I hadn&#8217;t seen in 70 years.&#8221;\u00a0He told reporters about the night he first saw her, in wartime London.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This friend and I were walking across a bridge at Richmond across the Thames river and we looked down below and saw these two young ladies that were talking to a man about renting a row boat so we decided we&#8217;d go down and say &#8216;hello,'&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This young lady had a smile that would melt you and of course I was melted and it very rapidly developed into something from attraction to a very strong affection.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She recalled: &#8220;We snogged, as you call it, when it was dark and nobody could see us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The reunited couple reflected on how their paths never again crossed \u2014 but wished they had.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would have had a totally different life \u2026 and probably a much happier one,&#8221; Morris said.<br \/>\n&#8211;<br \/>\nBy: nbcnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An American World War II veteran and his wartime girlfriend will spend this Valentine&#8217;s Day together following an emotional reunion after more than 70 years apart. 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