WBTW News13 reports: ZONNEBEKE, Belgium (AP) — A postcard belonging to a World War I soldier whose body was found with five comrades during an excavation has helped reunite distant descendants more than a century after his death on the Western Front. Dozens of mourners attended a memorial service in western Belgium on Wednesday during which six new white marble headstones were [...]
local | lifestyle | WBTW News13 | June 13, 2026 1:02 PM
WWI soldier's postcard from home helps unite his family after a century
ZONNEBEKE, Belgium (AP) — A postcard belonging to a World War I soldier whose body was found with five comrades during an excavation has helped reunite distant descendants more than a century after his death on the Western Front. Dozens of mourners attended a memorial service in western Belgium on Wednesday during which six new white marble headstones were [...]
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