JACKSONVILLE, Ark. – After a Texas postal worker found old letters from a World War II Army veteran from Arkansas, he aimed to deliver the letters to the veteran’s loved ones.
Alvin Gauthier works as a postal worker in Grand Prairie, Texas, but he traveled all the way to Jacksonville, Arkansas, to return letters that hold great meaning to a family.
Texas postal worker hopes to deliver World War II era letters to Jacksonville family
On April 25, Gauthier said he found undelivered letters while at work that ranged from 1942 to 1945 from World War II Army veteran Marion Lamb, but they had little detail of where to send them.
“I did my research and contacted you all and here we are,” Gauthier said.
Gauthier said after many helpful emails and phone calls from people from all over, he was able to find Lamb’s family and deliver them the mail all the way over in Arkansas.
“I’m very excited and very tearful,” Marion Lamb’s sister JoAnn Smith said.
Debbie Smith, Lamb’s Niece, said the letters got lost when a family member in Tennessee sent them to her in Texas in a package of their family history.