A new story of John

My grandfather was born in Germany and was moved to America as a child.  Here in America he fought in WWII.  This picture just turned up in my Grandmother's things, hidden in the paper backing of a old cheesy paint by numbers picture.  The story is still unfolding, but this picture appears to be of John while he recovered from an injury at a hospital in England.  Five days before this picture was drawn while John recovered from his injury, his entire regiment was lost at D Day as it was the first to land on the beach at Normandy.  The artist that signed the picture here appears to be a famous artist of the period.  We're doing more research on the whole story, but I had to share the picture.  I will post more about this as the story unfolds.

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