After 7 Decades Of Vanishing, Wife Uncovers The Truth Behind Her Husband’s Disappearance!

So after getting they became acquainted with one another, the two became friendlier and friendlier. The two’s first meeting was not at all the typical kind as it happened at the base where Billie’s dad and Peggy worked. The two slowly grew closer and closer and they were both not really complaining. After meeting, the two of them wanted to learn more and more about each other. But since they were both kept busy with their work, the only thing they could do was to use letters. So Billie and Peggy communicated through the use of letters. Exchanging letters was the common norm back then, as to how people would get to know one another. It would be equivalent to today’s text messaging.

The way these two met was a very unconventional incident. Both of them had no idea that they were about to fall for each other, let alone meet each other. When asked about the first time they spoke to each other, Peggy would explain it saying: “There was an opening in the production control office so I took that job. Billie’s father was the assistant manager in the propeller department there. Soon after I came there he wanted me to write to his son who was a student pilot and I let him know that I did not write to men I did not know – particularly servicemen.” Peggy did not want to be at all offensive to anyone. She was just the kind of girl that kept to herself and minded her own business.

Since she was not one to make the first move when it comes to relationships, Peggy did not follow up with Billie’s father’s request for her to send a letter to Billie. So as so as Billie was informed by his dad about how Peggy was, he took matters into his own hands. He took a chance and started sending a letter to this girl his father had spoken so fondly about. Peggy revisits her memories of the time he made his first move saying,“I began to get letters from Billie. I was a little fearful of this man, who had not seen me but he thought I was okay. So when he came on leave (from the army), all of a sudden the door to the airplane opened and there was Billie Harris saying ‘Hello Peggy,’ and that was about it.”

Like most lovers are, the two of them were separated by distance. During the time they first started sending each other letter, Billie and Peggy stayed far from each other. The two could not really meet up as Billie was in San Antonio and Peggy was at the base. They both wanted to make things work so they took on the only option they had: letters. So sending letter seemed like a good way to exchange words. Their only was to meet was in the form of words in the letter and they started to look forward to each other’s letters. They began to feel closer to one another, as their friendship blossomed. Their letters began to get a little more flirtatious after each one was sent.

The two of them grew closer and closer and got to learn about each other through the use of the letters they would regularly send to each other. They were not rushing into things and both of them remained like a lady and a gentleman. Since they became very close and ultimately fell in love, there was only one thing left to do. However, they were both very conventional in the way they handled their courtship. As they got closer, Billie wanted to marry Peggy, and soon they were engaged. As they got even closer, they made things official on  September 22, 1943, in the state of Florida. They had a very nice wedding and both of them were happy to be together. Peggy would have never imagined what was to come…

The couple married very young so there was no way they were able to live a comfortable life. They got married because they were in love and nothing more. They did not prioritize the material possession because staying together was way more important. Since they were extremely poor, Billed ended up giving Peggy his Vernon High School class ring in their wedding ceremony as he was way too broke to buy a legit wedding ring.  The two remained very happy although some girls would never stand for a ring-less wedding. Although it started off in a very sad beginning, it did not bother Peggy and Billie. They were content with just being husband and wife and they just wanted to have their own little family.