Jul 06, 2015
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by Neil Prior
Tina Jones from Haverfordwest met up two of her three sisters after a two-year hunt with historian Gareth Mills. Ms Jones' mother, Rosa, met American-Italian GI Ignazio Parrino when his unit was stationed in Tenby ahead of the D-Day landings.
He was already badly injured, at the Battle of the Bulge, by the time she was born in February 1945. He won the Purple Heart medal for gallantry for his actions during the battle. Mr Mills said it was the last the two halves of the family had heard of each other, until Ms Jones got in touch with him on a local radio phone-in.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/