Photo: James Rojas (WBZ)
BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — Bridge McSurely was running in his Fairmount Hill neighborhood when he came across an old letter in the street.
"It had that kind of brown, tan-ish color that old paper has," McSurely told WBZ NewsRadio Friday. "You don’t usually see it that often."
The letter was written by Oscar F. Rohrer, a Private in the U.S. Army during World War II, and addressed to a relative in Fulton, Kansas on Aug. 13, 1944. Rohrer wrote the letter a few months before he was killed in the Battle of the Bulge on Jan. 1, 1945.
The letter is now in the hands of Joe Connolly, Director of K.I.A. Project Boston, a non-profit that honors service members killed in action.
"First of all, I thought it was amazing that a letter written in 1944, 80 years old, was found on the street in still remarkable condition," Connolly said. "Clearly it hadn’t been there long, but a little bit of a mystery how it got there."
Connolly is on a mission to reunite the letter with its rightful owner.
"They have such an amazing family member that gave their life for our country in World War II," said Connolly.
WBZ's James Rojas (@JamesRojasMMJ) reports.
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