Son travels to France to meet family who sheltered his father during World War II

In 1944, Thomas La Grua was working as a gunner when his plane was shot down during a bombing raid over France. La Grua's only option was to parachute out. WWII

In 1944, Thomas La Grua was working as a gunner when his plane was shot down during a bombing raid over France. The pilot was killed, the plane was crashing, and La Grua's only option was to parachute out.

After the plane went down, a farmer name Gilbert Marbaix, his wife, Marie Terese, and their family hid La Grua in a rabbit hut at first. They eventually took him inside and hid him in the attic. Darren Silverman, who is married to La Grua's granddaughter Allison, enlisted the help of his cousin Jeff Kagan, an amateur genealogist.

The problem was, she died last year. He then ordered the death certificate, which listed her father Gilbert Marbaix and noted a daughter named Agathe. Once connected, Frank flew to Nice, France, this summer to meet Dumesnil and his family. They took a road trip to Ardennes to meet Gilbert's family and then to Cardonville to see the farmhouse where Thomas La Grua sheltered. Dumesnil, now 84, still recalls being a 6-year-old in the war and helping hide the American soldier for three months.

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