American WWII veteran reunites with long-lost British flame

with Valentine's Day coming up Sunday we end tonight with a love story that began more than 70 years ago here's Mark stman what does this photo mean to you it means a lot to me and if she looks at me like that now I don't know what it will do to me Norwood Thomas now 93 never forgot his first love in 1944 the 21-year-old GI stationed outside London met a British 17-year-old named Joyce Durant I knew that she was a girl that I wanted to marry the war couldn't wait he headed to Normandy and D-Day and I said I'll see you soon and away I went and never saw her again they swapped letters after the war but communication broke down they married other people Thomas now a widower always remembered the girl who got away I had placed her her on a pedestal untouched pure and unobtainable because in my mind that's really what she was yes I'm here last year out of the blue Joyce's son tracked him down on the internet and for the first time in more than 70 years the two talked to each other again via Skype I still dream of you you do I do oh tell Joyce Morris now 88 and divorced in Australia the only one big problem is I can't take you in my arms and give you a squeeze here we are problem solved Thomas landed yesterday in Adelaide Australia hello squeeze you know to find somebody who who loves you and you love them it would rather be special wouldn't it Americans and Brits have always had a special relationship mark Rosman CBS News norfol Virginia

Channel: CBS Evening News

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Length: 2min 3sec (123 seconds)

Published: Thu Feb 11 2016