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Love letters discovered from WW2

A love letter from Bill Moore has been discovered from WW2. Source: ABC News.

It is a Valentine’s Day love story to melt even the coldest of hearts.

Melinda Gale, from Colorado in the United States, was told on Thursday a love letter had been found that was written by her father to her mother during World-War-II.

"Oh my gosh, I was just floored. I really was floored," Melinda told America's ABC News.

"What a sweet, wonderful Valentines gift to give our family."


Illene Ortiz found the hidden treasure inside a record she bought at a thrift last year.

She asked a local television station to help her track down the lovebirds relatives.

"We were looking through it, and I said, 'There's a letter in here!'" Ortiz told KMGH.

"I thought, 'This is such a romantic letter and someone should have it.'"

The letter, dated December 29, 1944, was written by Bill Moore and sent to his then girlfriend Bernadean.

"I ran out of space, but I could have written a lot more adjectives describing you," the letter began.

"I'm really the luckiest guy in the world."

Bill was 20-years-old at the time and serving in the 10th Armored Division of Patton's Third Army in Europe.

Bernadean was a student living in Kansas.

"It's just when I get so horribly, terribly lonely for you that I write letters like this," the letter continues.

"I have never been so homesick for anyone in my life as I am for you."

The pair later married and remained together for 63 years until Bernadine’s death in 2010.

Bill, now 90, lives in an aged care facility.

Melinda said she would take him the letter next week.