French Teenager Cares For Graves OF American Soldiers Killed In WWII [View all]

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Three people from France, Stow and Chicago find ties to pilot buried along Normandy beach
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The Army Air Force pilot is 1st Lt. Robert N. Weyrick. The teen is 16-year old Clemence Moalli of Brest, Brittany, in France.

Lt. Weyrick graduated from Stow High School in 1941. After a short stint at B.F. Goodrich, he joined the Army and was assigned to the 87th Squadron, 438th Troop Carrier Group. By the end of the war, he had participated in every African and European invasion and had been awarded eight Bronze Stars.
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But while he survived the war, he did not make it home. A month after victory in Europe, Weyrick, 22, was injured in a train accident. He died on June 9, 1945, in England, and was buried at the Normandy American Cemetery at
Colleville-sur-Mer France.
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She joined Flowers of Memory, a volunteer group of young people who become “godmothers” to the graves of American soldiers.
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Much more to story: http://www.ohio.com/news/local/three-people-from-france-stow-and-chicago-find-ties-to-pilot-buried-along-normandy-beach-1.310065

Thank you Clemence Moalli!