MUSKEGON, Mich. (WZZM) — A soldier’s letter that’s been bouncing around in the mail since World War II is about to make one final trip with the United State Postal Service.

The house has been vacant for a while and when the mail carrier looked a little closer, he discovered a nearly 70-year-old letter dated June 29, 1945. The fragile letter was written by Sgt. Myron Cook and sent from an Army base in Europe. It was mailed to New York and then presumably Muskegon but it doesn’t appear to have been opened.

The intended recipients, Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Sensabough are both deceased, but thanks to the internet and a Muskegon newspaper’s article, an online connection was made with a fourth grade teacher in Winter Haven, Florida.

Now the granddaughter of the Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Sensabough is about to receive the letter sent to her grandparents; a very unique letter that has traveled thousands of miles during the last 69 years.

Winter Haven woman receives WWII letter 69 years later