In honor of Flag Day, we take a look at a touching story from World War II. On a recent CBS Sunday Morning and CBS Evening News, Steve Hartman’s On the Road series followed a mystery of what happened to fighter pilot Billie Harris, who disappeared during World War II. On July 17, 1944, 1st Lt. Harris went on a mission over Nazi-occupied northern France and he never returned.
Harris’s widow, Peggy Harris of Vernon, Texas, never received official word about what happened to her husband. At one point, she was told he was missing, then that he was coming home, and then that he was dead and buried one place, and then that he was buried somewhere else. Peggy, who had married Billie just six weeks before he went off to war, began asking questions.
Through the decades, she continued looking for answers. Finally, Billie’s cousin found the answer in Billie’s military records. You may see part one of the story, “They Don’t Forget” below.
And here is part two of the story:
I got something in my eye near the end, around the point where we find out that there is a street in a town in France named after Billie. But it is worth watching the whole story.
What do you think of the story of Billie Harris? Leave your two cents in the comments.
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