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\f0\fs26 \cf0 \cb2 (Image source: {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2237231/Better-late-Postcard-mailed-WWII-finally-arrives-upstate-New-York-address--intended-recipients-died-50-YEARS-ago.html?ito=feeds-newsxml"}}{\fldrslt
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\f0\b\fs26 \cf0 BY CHRISTINA HARTMAN \f1\b0\fs24 \
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\f0\fs26 \cf0 It took a World War II-era postcard nearly
\b 70 years \b0 , but it\'92s finally arrived at its destination.
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\f0\b\fs26 \cf4 FOX NEWS}} \f0\b\fs26 : \'93The card was sent from an
Army base in Illinois on July 4, 1943. It just arrived in mint condition last week in
Elmira, New York.\'94 \f1\b0\fs24 \
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\f0\fs26 \cf0 According to reporting from the Associated Press\'a0\'97 the intended
recipients were two sisters \'a0\'97 Pauline and Theresa Leisenring \'97 whose brother
George had been stationed at Camp Grant. The card was written by their parents who were
visiting George in 1943. (VIDEO FROM {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.myfoxla.com/"}}{\fldrslt \cf4
KTTV}}) \f1\fs24 \
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\f0\fs26 But here it is in the hands of two OTHER sisters, who currently live in the home.
{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20121123/NEWS01/311210073/Neighbors-Postcard-mailed-1943-finally-delivered-Elmira?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 The Press & Sun Bulletin reports}} Pauline
and Theresa Leisenring died in 1962 and 1954, respectively.
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\f0\fs26 And according to The Bulletin, here\'92s part of what it said:
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\f0\b\fs26 \cf5 \'93Dear Pauline and Theresa, We arrived safe, had a good trip, but we were
good and tired. ... See you soon. Love Mother, Dad.\'94
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\f0\fs26 \cf0 A spokesperson for the U.S. Postal Service says they have no idea where
the card has been all this time, and The Press and Sun Bulletin reports, every once in awhile
an old letter or postcard is found \'97 and it\'92s possible someone found it and threw
it in the mail. \fs24 \cf6 \
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