SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. 659007 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-39826"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Ffeel-good-story-wwii-soldier-s-gift-to-mom-lost-for-73-years-returns-home%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Feel+Good+Story%3A+WWII+soldier%27s+gift+to+mom%2C+lost+for+73+years%2C+returns+home&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Ffeel-good-story-wwii-soldier-s-gift-to-mom-lost-for-73-years-returns-home&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AFeel Good Story: WWII soldier&#39;s gift to mom, lost for 73 years, returns home%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/feel-good-story-wwii-soldier-s-gift-to-mom-lost-for-73-years-returns-home" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="b8a33f0355529781d3443adde8941151" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/039/826/for_gallery_v2/635667877486332243-Soldiers-Gift-to-Mom-Cham.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/039/826/large_v3/635667877486332243-Soldiers-Gift-to-Mom-Cham.jpg" alt="635667877486332243 soldiers gift to mom cham" /></a></div></div>Donald Lamoureux, who lives in Cumberland, Rhode Island, but who grew up in Millville, spotted an envelope for sale on eBay, and even though he had no idea what was inside, he knew he had to have it when he saw the date and the Millville address. He paid $5 for it.<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/05/09/wwii-soldiers-gift-to-mom-lost-for-73-years-returns-home/27054383/">http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/05/09/wwii-soldiers-gift-to-mom-lost-for-73-years-returns-home/27054383/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/013/674/qrc/635667877486332243-Soldiers-Gift-to-Mom-Cham.jpg?1443041503"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/05/09/wwii-soldiers-gift-to-mom-lost-for-73-years-returns-home/27054383/">WWII soldier&#39;s gift to mom, lost for 73 years, returns home</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">This is the story of a loving tribute from a soldier preparing for war to his mother on the other side of the continent, who didn&#39;t know if she would ever see her boy again.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2015-05-11T09:53:26-04:00 SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. 659007

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2015-05-11T09:53:26-04:00 2015-05-11T09:53:26-04:00 Col Private RallyPoint Member 659044

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Wow, powerful story! Glad the sham made it home to honor the mother!

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