Bill Moore , 90 , sent the letter to his future-wife Bernadean Gibson in 1945 . He was then fighting for Patton 's Third Army on the European front of World War II . Letter was discovered recently by woman who found the note slipped into an album cover she bought at a thrift store . Moore went on to marry his girlfriend and the three were together for 63 happy years of marriage . Bernadean passed away in 2010 , and now Moore lives in an assisted-care center for veterans .
Bill Moore , 90 , sent the letter to his future-wife Bernadean Gibson in 1945 . He was then fighting for Patton 's Third Army on the European front of World War II . Letter was discovered recently by woman who found the note slipped into an album cover she bought at a thrift store . Moore went on to marry his girlfriend and the two were together for 63 happy years of marriage . Bernadean passed away in 2010 , and now Moore lives in an assisted-care center for veterans .