{"id":39395,"date":"2022-05-18T11:58:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T08:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/?p=39395"},"modified":"2022-05-18T11:58:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T08:58:41","slug":"a-veteran-who-has-been-searching-for-his-children-for-over-half-a-century-has-finally-been-reunited-with-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/?p=39395","title":{"rendered":"A veteran who has been searching for his children for over half a century has finally been reunited with them."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s been looking for his long-lost twins for for half a century. The search is now officially finished. Nobody likes to be away from the people they care about. <\/p>\n<p>Our families are our most valued thing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/7E85E75D-F126-454B-BA5C-5CFAFB729DBC.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"605\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/7E85E75D-F126-454B-BA5C-5CFAFB729DBC.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/7E85E75D-F126-454B-BA5C-5CFAFB729DBC-300x266.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why US soldier Sergeant Allen Thomas was so determined to find his long-lost twins, despite the fact that it had been decades since he last saw them. <\/p>\n<p>Sergeant Thomas served at the age of 19.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/435AEDDE-E7B5-41F6-82DB-33BFCDE83219.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"681\" height=\"601\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/435AEDDE-E7B5-41F6-82DB-33BFCDE83219.jpeg 681w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/435AEDDE-E7B5-41F6-82DB-33BFCDE83219-300x265.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He was assigned to service in South Korea in 1966. He met Pae Seong-Kuem, whom he eventually named Connie, there. <\/p>\n<p>They married and had twins together.<br \/>\nJames and Sandra. He also legally adopted Jae-Im, Connie&#8217;s kid from a previous relationship. <\/p>\n<p>He lived in South Korea with his happy family until it was time to return to the United States.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5C88269F-3E84-4BDF-B520-1D9BD53AC76D.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"681\" height=\"635\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5C88269F-3E84-4BDF-B520-1D9BD53AC76D.jpeg 681w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5C88269F-3E84-4BDF-B520-1D9BD53AC76D-300x280.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He was unable to acquire passports for Connie and Jae-Im, so he returned to the United States, abandoning his entire family. <\/p>\n<p>He continued to write letters and send money to his family, even though he was thousands of miles away. He was terribly lonely from his family. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/3E84257B-8C04-4319-8AEE-5BFD0FFE2A8B.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"705\" height=\"615\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/3E84257B-8C04-4319-8AEE-5BFD0FFE2A8B.jpeg 705w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/3E84257B-8C04-4319-8AEE-5BFD0FFE2A8B-300x262.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He requested a 30-day leave from his military in Vietnam to visit his family in South Korea. <\/p>\n<p>He did so, but he noticed that things between him and Connie were already different. The hardest part was leaving them again again, because he couldn&#8217;t see himself abandoning his family. <\/p>\n<p>Sergeant Thomas had no idea that it would be the final time he saw his family. <\/p>\n<p>In the video below, you can see their entire tale!<br \/>\nPlease tell your friends and family about this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He&#8217;s been looking for his long-lost twins for for half a century. The search is now officially finished. 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