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Salvaged From 1941 Shipwreck, Letters Reveal Wartime Love and Sacrifice
For over 70 years, the letters lay undisturbed in the wreckage of the S.S. Gairsoppa, sheltered from the ravages of ocean currents by well-positioned mail bags. Now, conservators are piecing together these undelivered messages from the past.
A conservator examined paper items from the Gairsoppa. More than 700 letters were discovered aboard the sunken cargo ship some 70 years after it was torpedoed by a German U-boat.Credit.The Postal Museum
Feb. 28, 2021
“Imagine that I have my lips tight against yours with my arms around you tight … hearts beating as one,” a serviceman stationed in India told his beloved, Iris, in 1941.
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