UPDATE: Bag of undelivered letters from WWII - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

justins5256 · 08-26-2011, 10:52 AM

Some of you may remember this story about the recovery of a bag of letters written by servicemen during WWII that was found in the attic of a woman's home in 1986. The postal service was still attempting to deliver some of the letters and the story was profiled on special 6. I just found an article which indicates that some of the remaining undelivered mail was finally delivered in February 1989.

http://articles.philly.com/1989-02-2...ice-meg-harris

An article on the case, before it was on UM:
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/...einrich-letter

DarkDante · 08-26-2011, 11:18 AM

Interesting. It's nice to know that many of the letters did get to their intended recipients. Also nice to have some more info on Staff Sgt. Sumpter Grubb in the earlier article.

justins5256 · 08-26-2011, 01:02 PM

Just found this article which seems to indicate that all of the letters were delivered and that the two from CF Smith were the last of the batch:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...ce-smith&hl=en

DarkDante · 08-26-2011, 01:53 PM

Odd that UM gets nary a mention in any of these articles. Then again the letters weren't all delivered until early 1989 and by then the UM segment was around a year old. Still I wonder how big a part (if any) UM played in getting those last few remaining letters to their destinations?

1990 UM fan · 11-06-2015, 11:58 AM

Upon looking, I found that both Merryll Rapley and Margaret "Peggy" Kimball both died in 1990. Same for the others named in the stories linked here.

I think the Rapley and Grubb stories are sweet. They made me cry.

WishfulDreamer · 11-06-2015, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1990 UM fan

Upon looking, I found that both Merryll Rapley and Margaret "Peggy" Kimball both died in 1990. Same for the others named in the stories linked here.

I think the Rapley and Grubb stories are sweet. They made me cry.

I'm sorry to hear they've passed away, especially so soon after the UM segment. Their stories are some of the most touching I've heard. I always get weepy especially about Rapley who never remarried and mentioned how much she still loved her late husband. Such beautiful love.

Cori aka ChrisSCrush · 11-07-2015, 05:33 AM

This segment actually made my mom and me really cry! Glad to hear that through dedication the mail was finally delivered.

08-26-2011, 10:52 AM	#1
justins5256 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2002 Posts: 3,866	UPDATE: Bag of undelivered letters from WWII Some of you may remember this story about the recovery of a bag of letters written by servicemen during WWII that was found in the attic of a woman's home in 1986. The postal service was still attempting to deliver some of the letters and the story was profiled on special 6. I just found an article which indicates that some of the remaining undelivered mail was finally delivered in February 1989. http://articles.philly.com/1989-02-2...ice-meg-harris An article on the case, before it was on UM: http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/...einrich-letter
	Last edited by justins5256; 08-26-2011 at 11:09 AM.

11-06-2015, 11:58 AM	#5
1990 UM fan Unsolved Mysteries fanatic Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2011 Location: United States Posts: 2,510	Upon looking, I found that both Merryll Rapley and Margaret "Peggy" Kimball both died in 1990. Same for the others named in the stories linked here. I think the Rapley and Grubb stories are sweet. They made me cry.
	__________________ Join my Unsolved Mysteries page (Facebook): http://www.facebook.com/pages/Unsolv...899616?sk=wall

08-26-2011, 11:18 AM	#2
DarkDante Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1,569	Interesting. It's nice to know that many of the letters did get to their intended recipients. Also nice to have some more info on Staff Sgt. Sumpter Grubb in the earlier article.

08-26-2011, 01:02 PM	#3
justins5256 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2002 Posts: 3,866	Just found this article which seems to indicate that all of the letters were delivered and that the two from CF Smith were the last of the batch: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...ce-smith&hl=en

08-26-2011, 01:53 PM	#4
DarkDante Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1,569	Odd that UM gets nary a mention in any of these articles. Then again the letters weren't all delivered until early 1989 and by then the UM segment was around a year old. Still I wonder how big a part (if any) UM played in getting those last few remaining letters to their destinations?

11-07-2015, 05:33 AM	#7
Cori aka ChrisSCrush Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 30, 2001 Location: USA and still trying to be proud of it! Posts: 2,068	This segment actually made my mom and me really cry! Glad to hear that through dedication the mail was finally delivered.