Claire & Charlie: An Unlikely Wartime Love Story

Born of immigrant parents just before World War II, the likelihood of their even meeting was a long shot at best. But an ocean apart, Claire St. Cyr and Charlie Watson had a three-year pen-pal relationship in wartime that later created a new family blend. She was the quiet French-Canadian farm girl, he the New York City wisecrack struggling to survive the harrowing and bloody Italian front in 1944-45. They fell in love through letters, then lived happily ever after in an amazing family dynamic. Theirs is a true love story and their lives in New England shape a story that tells all about how immigration and patriotism shaped a son's forgotten and unknown past. It's a beautifully told story from longtime journalist Warren Watson.