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Postcard from D-Day hero finally gets delivered after 78 years Both the sender and the intended recipient are now dead, but a family member still lives at the house it was sent to The front of the postcard sent by Bill Caldwell (Image: SWNS.com) Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’...

A LOST postcard sent in 1943 during the Second World War from D-Day hero has finally been delivered almost 77 years late.

Wartime postcard delivered 77 years and seven months late The sender posted the missive home in 1943 after his first week of training with the Royal Navy The postcard that was delivered more than 77 years late Credit: Jason Roberts  Delays in the postal service have the potential to reap all kinds of havoc, from missed appointments to resentment over forgotten birthdays. But for the wartime postcard that finally arrived in Liverpool last week, the 77-year-and-seven-month delay on its delive...

The card was mailed by Bill Caldwell, then 18, who was deployed on a minesweeping ship for the famous operation.