14 DAY TRIAL // A soldier stationed at Fort Campbell in Kentucky in 1953 has recovered a letter he had sent to his wife from boot camp 60 years ago.
According to the South Bend Tribune, Bob Rodgers met New Carlisle postmaster Connie Tomaszewski on March 7, and she handed over the letter to him, in person.
"I asked if they had found the remains of the horse and rider and got the letter out of the saddle bag," he describes.
A 20-year-old Rodgers had written his wife about the routine of being in boot camp and about missing her, as he was awaiting deployment to Korea.
"All you do is march, KP, shine boots, shine boots and shine more boots and brass and more brass," he wrote.
Jean has passed since and he never went to Korea as the war ended, but the letter reminded him of those times away from his wife. He was sent back to New Carlisle and the pair moved to Niles three years after that letter was sent.