In 1944 John F. Eddington fought in World War II. He knew he had a daughter who had just been born, but he could never see her because he was sent to Italy with other soldiers and killed shortly after his arrival
Before he died, however, he wrote a letter to his daughter, who was named Peggy and was raised by his mother, Helen, in St. Louis. Louis, USA, a woman who never fully recovered from the loss of her husband and never married.
The daughter recalls: “I used to ask my mother why she did not remarry and her only comment on this topic was that she did not find the perfect man and that she would never find him again.” Peggy knew very little about her father, but one day everything changed when she got a phone call.
It was Donna Gregory, the woman who 10 years ago found a chest of American soldiers who fought in the war, full of memories of soldiers, and since then this wonderful woman has undertaken the mission of her life to find the families of the victims. heroes and find them. Giving away belongings of relatives.
In September 2013, Peggy Eddington-Smith received her father’s Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals and a sentimental letter, all at a party where, as you can imagine, she cried a lot…
This is a small excerpt from the message that was posted:
,, I love you so much. Mom and Dad will give you everything they can. We will always give you all the love we have. Please always be nice to your mother. You have the sweetest mother in the world. I love you with all my heart and soul, always and forever.
– Your father”
“The letter helped me find out more about who he was. He opened his heart to me, and many men do not put so many feelings in a letter. I’m just overwhelmed, I’m trying to understand what’s going on,” said Peggy Eddington-Smith excitedly.
An amazing love story of a father who had to wait almost 70 years to tell his daughter that he can never see that he loves her!
