An “urgent” message from a fighter reaches his wife after 76 years

The letter was written by a sergeant in the US Army in December 1945.

Workers at the US Postal Service's distribution facility in Pittsburgh discovered an "urgent" letter written by an Army sergeant at the end of World War II, in December 1945.

Sergeant John Gonsalves wrote the letter while in Germany, three months after the official end of World War II, as a 22-year-old man, according to the Associated Press and Siutnik.

After discovering the letter, postal workers contacted Gonçalves' widow, Angelina Gonçalves, and delivered it to her.

And Gonsalves sent the letter to his mother, in which he complained to her about the quality of food in Germany, and confirmed that he was not enjoying it, but he reassured her that he was in good health, and he hoped to see her soon.

The wife of Gonçalves, who died in 2015, expressed her great happiness that his message reached her, stressing that his words make her feel that he is still with her.

Angelina said of her late husband: "I loved him so much and he was a good man, I can still feel his presence, I really feel him."

The US Postal Service distribution facility enclosed an additional note to Angelina Gonsalves, assuring her that she was unsure of the whereabouts of her late husband's letter over the past seven decades, and that "delivery of it was critical," as the facility put it.

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