Woman whose war time romance touched many has diedDelwyn DickeyNorma Milford, the Snells Beach woman at the centre of a rekindled World War II romance with a former United States marine four years ago, has died at the age of 93. A local death notice for Norma Milford said she was a "loved mother to Marc and Lee, Donna and Andrew, Robynanne and the late John. A family friend of Richard's decided to try and find the "pretty little girl" from New Zealand in his war time photos. After suffering a broken leg during a beach landing on Peleliu (Palau) when a fellow marine landed on him, Richard was out of the war. Norma found love again with Maurice Milford, a New Zealand army man she and Richard had double dated with several times.

Source: Stuff July 27, 2016 08:20 UTC