Veteran reunited with French woman 78 years on
A 99-year-old veteran who gave his food to a girl in France during the Second World War has been reunited with her 78 years later.
Reg Pye, from Burry Port, South Wales, served with the 224 Field Company, Royal Engineers during the Battle of Normandy.
Whilemoving through Normandy in June 1944, 14 days after D-day, Mr Pye spotted a 14-year-old girl staring at him as he ate his evening meal – a sliceofbreadwithjamandatin of pilchards.
The then 21-year-old immediately gave the girl his bread with jam and she ran away to eat it.
When he woke the next morning, he found that she hadleftapictureofherselfwith awrittenmessageontheback, which he kept in his wallet.
Thismonththegirlwasidentifiedashuguette,now92,and was reunited with Mr Pye in France where he showed her the picture he had held for 78 years, and gave her another jam sandwich.