The Washington Post, May 25th, 2003
How could she resist? Pat Noble was an older man -- all of 18 -- and served with the Army Air Forces in the Pacific during World War II. Instantly captivated by a photograph of his unit mate's 15-year-old sister in Milwaukee, he wooed her for three years by wartime "V-mail." He did not send swoony, love-laced letters. Instead, he mailed endearing, black-and-white portraits of her handsome face, which he knew only from her photograph. She was charmed by the aspiring artist, who spent months unaware of her age. When he left the service in December 1945, they met, and it was as if they already w...
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