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Dear Billie : a World War II love story / Karen Lundy.

by Lundy, Karen.

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Flanker Press Limited, 2022.

940.48171 L962d

Wenman, Billie.

Ploughman, Vern.

Women -- Canada -- Correspondence.

Army spouses -- Canada -- Correspondence.

Soldiers -- Canada -- Correspondence.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.

Love-letters -- Canada.

9781774570890 (pbk)

ix, 270 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

"War letters"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Based on the full text of ninety-two letters written during the Second World War and beyond, Dear Billie tells the true story of a long-distance romance that began during the war and lasted a lifetime. Written by Roland “Vern” Ploughman of Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, to his girl, Lillian “Billie” Wenman of Toronto, Ontario, these letters follow a tank gunner’s experience of training, combat, wounding, and return home. Spanning from January 1943 to August 1945, they begin with nineteen-year-old Vern writing to seventeen-year-old Billie, who a friend insists he must meet. On August 10, 1944, during "Operation Overlord" and the Battle of Normandy, Vern Ploughman’s tank was ambushed by fire from a Tiger tank in the trees. The Sherman tank was no match. The driver and co-driver were killed instantly, while Vern suffered severe injuries. Billie’s letters to Vern, which he kept on board his tank, were destroyed. Years later, in 2019, Vern and Billie’s daughter, Karen Lundy, discovered the remaining letters among her parents’ possessions. She presents them here for the first time."--Publisher.

Personal correspondence.

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