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Letter sent during WWII arrives in California 66 YEARS after it was posted

Many people will have had bad experiences with postal delivery in the past, but it's unlikely any of us will ever have to wait as long for a letter as one American lady has.

A World War II-era letter addressed to a woman at a Red Cross hospital in California has been delivered 66 years after was sent in Alabama.

The letter, postmarked August 9, 1944, only arrived last month, on February 16.

It is addressed to Miss R.T. Fletcher, American Red Cross Station Hospital, Camp Roberts, California. The woman has yet to be traced.

The letter took such a long time to arrive that Camp Roberts has long since closed, in 1970, so the letter was delivered to the Camp Roberts Historical Museum....
Read entire article at Daily Mail (UK)