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Killed in WWII, fathers letters to Statesboro woman bring him to life

Ginger Rutledge Gregory visited the gravesite of her father this past spring at the U.S. Military Cemetery in Margraten, Holland. Gregory last saw Private Robert Lee Rutledge when she was four-years-old, just before he was sent overseas to fight in World War II. - photo by Photo courtesy Ginger Rutledge Gregory

Ginger in Holland Web — Ginger Rutledge Gregory visited the gravesite of her father this past spring at the U.S. Military Cemetery in Margraten, Holland. Gregory last saw Private Robert Lee Rutledge when she was four-years-old, just before he was sent overseas to fight in World War II. - photo by Photo courtesy Ginger Rutledge Gregory

When 4-year-old Ginger Rutledge saluted Private Robert Lee Rutledge, wrapped her small fingers around his neck for a lingering hug and said goodbye, she didn’t know she would never see her daddy again. That was September 1944. While fighting against a brutal attack by two German Divisions in the vicinity of Meijel, Holland, Pvt.

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