WWII Vet To Wed His Wartime Sweetheart after 72 years. You got to see this!
Love waits for no one! Go after it while you can!
A 90-year-old British World War II veteran said he is finally getting married to his “wartime sweetheart” after spending the past 72 years regretting calling off their first engagement in 1944.
Roy Vickerman told ABC News that he first met Nora Jackson, 89, in 1940 while attending school in Bucknall, United Kingdom. They were only 13 years old at the time, he said.
The two spent lived separate lives for over seven decades. Both got married and had children, though Vickerman said his first wife died in 2012, while Jackson’s first husband passed away 12 years ago.
“To be honest, I had always thought about Nora the whole time,” Vickerman said. “I was always wondering how Nora was.”
This is where the story gets incredible.
Last year, Vickerman phoned into Graham Torrington’s BBC radio show, where he shared his thoughts about love and relationships, and talked about wishing how he could apologize to Jackson.
A producer for the show was able to track down an address for Jackson, and Vickerman said he debated going to visit her for about a month.
“She told me, ‘Oh Roy, I thought I’d never see you again,’ and then she gave me a kiss and said, ‘Hold me,” he said.
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Adorable!