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在和自己的初恋情人分别七十一年后，一个维吉尼亚州的二战老兵不久将飞行万里到澳洲和自己的初恋姑娘再次相会。
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5 a- ]8 E4 S3 p# e维吉尼亚海滩市的二战老兵Norwood Thomas，93岁，将要在二月份奔波万里，赶在情人节的时候和88岁的 Durrant女士久别重逢，再次会面。
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1944年时，他们两人曾在伦敦有过几个月的恋情，后来由于汤姆斯要奔赴在法国的诺曼地战场，两人不得不含泪分别。去年11月，在分别70多年后，两人终于又联系上了。在儿子通过互联网找到了汤姆斯先生后，Joyce Durrant 女士拨通了汤姆斯先生的电话，汤姆斯接到电话，感到惊喜万分。, ^# @$ x3 V$ I' y3 h6 ~! N8 B
+ F+ `( B6 q- ]+ {2 s0 _“当她在电话上叫我汤蜜时，那是她给我的昵称，哇，我的上帝，我心中埋藏了多年的情感又翻滚了起来”。汤姆斯去年十一月时告诉ABCNEWS。“这么多年了，她一直在我的思绪中缭绕，勾起我愉快的回忆，原来这么多年了，她也一直在想着我！”: p b: L1 E# E" ?# @
9 A% [5 O4 d, y2 z% i很快， 汤姆斯先生的儿子和道伦特女士的儿子就为两位老人开通了视频通话。在通话中， 汤姆斯先生得知，道伦特女士保存了一张汤姆斯的照片，她每天都对照片上的汤姆斯说早晨好。
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“我告诉她，我把她当作心中的偶像”汤姆斯说。“我把她称作纯真的可望而不可及的女神，她就是那样矗立在我的心中，伴我度过余生”7 a% h4 h; e! u4 _- E
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尽管汤姆斯先生不敢肯定他对道伦特女士的强烈情感就是爱情，他还是非常兴奋地要去澳洲和道伦特女士见见面，让两人重新沉浸在过去的时光里。& Y V' P# l; j5 M* X2 `* ~+ u
: j% }, k- d& E/ W' G6 _7 w汤姆斯先生将会实现他的旅行计划，因为有数百人在读了这个故事后慷慨捐款，新西兰航空公司将让汤姆斯先生免费乘坐头等舱前往澳洲。3 @% d/ M/ H3 q; M. v9 s* _0 z
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+ n' U# Y3 {; }0 {9 ]WWII Veteran Plans 10,000-Mile Trip to See Long-Lost 1st Love Again After 71 Years
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* u& ^) v2 ~4 ]$ q+ c" ^A World War II army veteran from Virginia will soon travel over 10,000 miles to Australia to meet face-to-face with his long lost first love after over 71 years apart.% ?* Z/ W$ _4 x4 s$ \$ T- u
+ l5 i2 Q. w+ Z+ y* f' RNorwood Thomas, 93, of Virginia Beach will make the trip to see 88-year-old Joyce Durrant in February, just in time for Valentine's Day, his son Steven Thomas told ABC News today.
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The two had dated for a few months in London during 1944 but were separated when Thomas was forced to leave for the Battle of Normandy in France.
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/ w, p( D( F1 p. Y' n( NThe veteran and his wartime girlfriend connected for the first time in more than seven decades this past November. Durrant had surprised Thomas with a phone call after her son Robert had looked him up online.
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! }& l- C; P' j" t i"When she called me 'Tommy,' her nickname for me, Oh, my God, it stirred emotions that had been dormant for a long, long time," Norwood Thomas told ABC News in November. "She had always been on the fringes of my thoughts this whole time. She'd always pop up as a pleasant memory, and it turns out that she'd been thinking of me this whole time too."% E) w1 [8 K2 V5 j% D
7 Q m0 F' n. k0 \Shortly after, Thomas' and Durrant's sons set up a Skype session for the two, during which, Thomas found out Durrant keeps a photo of him that she said good morning to everyday.6 Z5 n' E7 U% [1 Q" b' Z c9 a, U# t
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"I told her that I put her on a pedestal," Thomas said. "I called her the pure, untouched and unobtainable goddess. And there she stayed on that pedestal for the rest of my life."
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' z0 I m; ~! x: i! {+ zThough Thomas isn't sure he'd call his "strong feelings" for Durrant "love," he is excited to see Durrant again in Australia and to "reminisce about their old days together," his son Steven Thomas said.1 p# t+ E: `0 I' w
Thomas' son added that he and Durrant's son didn't want to spoil the surprises they have in store for their parents, but they were willing to share that there would be one day involving "something big with aviation."
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- c B9 Q! s' @. c7 l- GThomas' trip was made possible by hundreds of people who made donations online after reading his story and by Air New Zealand, which made arrangements to fly Thomas and his son first class, free of charge.
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