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The Bracelet: WW II Soldier's Token of Love Returned
Aired January 12, 2004 - 14:45 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: A love letter now, not written on paper with ink, but etched in metal, worn on the wrist of a World War II soldier, lost almost 60 years ago.
Todd Jurkowski with our WBBH has this wonderful story.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
TODD JURKOWSKI, WBBH-TV REPORTER (voice-over): Ginny Moore never expected the day to come, but she's ready for it, flowers in hand.
GINNY MOORE, WIDOW OF U.S. SOLDIER: I told him to watch for the lady that's going to be in the purple dress, the long purple dress.
JURKOWSKI: She's going to meet this man, Lorenzo, who she only knows from pictures. But it's what Lorenzo has that makes Ginny nervous.
MOORE: My insides are quivering and I don't want to cry. So I'm going to try not to.
JURKOWSKI: Flash back to 1944, Ginny was married to Marcus Comber (ph). Before he went off to fight in the Battle of the Bulge, Ginny had a bracelet made with Marcus's name, ID number and on the back, a simple message, love, Ginny. Less than a year later she received a telegram from the War Department, Marcus was killed in Belgium. Then 58 years later, Lorenzo was digging in an old foxhole there when his metal detector went off. It was Ginny's bracelet.
MOORE: Oh my God!
JURKOWSKI: Ginny wept. She trembled.
MOORE: Here's the bracelet.
JURKOWSKI: When she looked down though, she didn't just see a bracelet, she saw her husband.
MOORE: Here is your son. Look at your son. Just like you.
JURKOWSKI: We asked Lorenzo what prompted a man to fly 10 hours on a plane just to return something that belongs to the aging widow of a dead American soldier?
LORENZO MAIERNA, ARTIFACT COLLECTOR: They did so much for us 60 years ago and many young people still don't forget it.
JURKOWSKI: Ginny will now be able to remember Marcus by just looking down at her heart.
MOORE: He was my heartthrob all through school, all through high school. And all the girls envied me. They all wanted to go with him, but I had him. He was mine.
JURKOWSKI (on-camera): And you'll always have him.
(voice-over): Then it was Lorenzo's turn to get a gift. He and his wife took their first ride in a limo, just a small thanks from Ginny for reuniting her with her first love.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
PHILLIPS: Moore has amended her will now, when she dies, the bracelet will go back to Maierna who plans to open a museum.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Wow, what a story. Wow! Unbelievable!
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Aired January 12, 2004 - 14:45 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: A love letter now, not written on paper with ink, but etched in metal, worn on the wrist of a World War II soldier, lost almost 60 years ago.
Todd Jurkowski with our WBBH has this wonderful story.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
TODD JURKOWSKI, WBBH-TV REPORTER (voice-over): Ginny Moore never expected the day to come, but she's ready for it, flowers in hand.
GINNY MOORE, WIDOW OF U.S. SOLDIER: I told him to watch for the lady that's going to be in the purple dress, the long purple dress.
JURKOWSKI: She's going to meet this man, Lorenzo, who she only knows from pictures. But it's what Lorenzo has that makes Ginny nervous.
MOORE: My insides are quivering and I don't want to cry. So I'm going to try not to.
JURKOWSKI: Flash back to 1944, Ginny was married to Marcus Comber (ph). Before he went off to fight in the Battle of the Bulge, Ginny had a bracelet made with Marcus's name, ID number and on the back, a simple message, love, Ginny. Less than a year later she received a telegram from the War Department, Marcus was killed in Belgium. Then 58 years later, Lorenzo was digging in an old foxhole there when his metal detector went off. It was Ginny's bracelet.
MOORE: Oh my God!
JURKOWSKI: Ginny wept. She trembled.
MOORE: Here's the bracelet.
JURKOWSKI: When she looked down though, she didn't just see a bracelet, she saw her husband.
MOORE: Here is your son. Look at your son. Just like you.
JURKOWSKI: We asked Lorenzo what prompted a man to fly 10 hours on a plane just to return something that belongs to the aging widow of a dead American soldier?
LORENZO MAIERNA, ARTIFACT COLLECTOR: They did so much for us 60 years ago and many young people still don't forget it.
JURKOWSKI: Ginny will now be able to remember Marcus by just looking down at her heart.
MOORE: He was my heartthrob all through school, all through high school. And all the girls envied me. They all wanted to go with him, but I had him. He was mine.
JURKOWSKI (on-camera): And you'll always have him.
(voice-over): Then it was Lorenzo's turn to get a gift. He and his wife took their first ride in a limo, just a small thanks from Ginny for reuniting her with her first love.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
PHILLIPS: Moore has amended her will now, when she dies, the bracelet will go back to Maierna who plans to open a museum.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Wow, what a story. Wow! Unbelievable!
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
