European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes . Sunday. November 27.1994 _ t _ i. _. I Era postcard takes Long Way Home by the Washington Post Washington Carol Baker a Secretary at the department of transportation opened the depart ment s mail on nov. 18 and found a postcard that army pvt. . Hilleary mailed to his Mother on july5,1944. I knew the mail was slow but this was ridiculous said Baker who is puzzled about Why it took 50 years and four wars for a postcard to make it from a military base in fort Lewis wash., to the site of Hilleary s former Home in southwestern Washington . Hilleary who died last year mailed the card this Mother s House but that address now is occupied by Asphalt and Federal buildings. Even though the Soldier grew up in the Shadow of the Washington Monument according to his Post card Hilleary was nonetheless impressed by his Post in Washington state. Dearest Mother. In t this a pretty View just think an army Post with big Marble monuments an chapels that look like something in a big City. You can also see the exterior of the Type of Barracks behave Here at the right. They Are More like College dormitories. With love fort Lewis founded in 1917, is one of the largest military posts in the United states. Its 26,000 sol Diers 20,000 family members and 6,000 civilian employees Are sprawled across thousands of acres be tween Tacoma and mount Rainier. The Chapel and some Barracks from Hilleary s Days at fort Lewis still stand said capt. Bill costello a Post spokesman. Back in those Days soldiers were allowed free mail because it was in the time of War he said. The army was Able to provide plenty of details about the history of the military base but postal officials had few answers As to Why it took so Long for a Soldier s postcard to reach Home. Occasionally we do find mail in our empty mail bags said Sandra Harding a spokeswoman for . Postal service. It could have just been there for a Long time or someone could have found it when they were cleaning out an old postcard is not the first mail from world War ii to reappear decades later. In 1986, 235 a mail letters were found in a Raleigh ., attic. A Soldier had promised to deliver the mail but forgot about it after he put it into a Duffel bag that made its Way to the attic. Surgeon left brain exposed look break Wilmington a a neurosurgeon s License was suspended after an investigation revealed that he left a patient s brain exposed for 25 minutes while he got lunch. The state medical Board also said or. Raymond Sattler forgot the names of surgical equip ment during an operation. Told a nurse to Drill holes in a patient s head and work on the outer brain even though she was not trained to do so. And ordered intravenous fluids to be giver to him during a procedure be cause he thought he was going to pass out. V -. 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