Soldier’s second world war letter to his mother delivered after 76 years

John Gonsalves wrote to his mother when he was stationed in Germany in 1945 but the letter would be lost until this year

A letter sent from a US soldier stationed in Germany to his mother in Massachusetts has been delivered 76 years after it was sent.

Army Sgt John Gonsalves, 22 at the time, wrote to his mother in Woburn in December 1945 after the official end of the second world war, WFXT-TV reported Wednesday.