Research sheds light on GI’s murder of seven-year-old girl in Northern Ireland in 1944
The Guardian World ·
On the afternoon of 25 September 1944, William Harrison, a US soldier stationed in Northern Ireland , visited the cottage of the Wylie family in Killycolpy, County Tyrone, and offered to buy treats …
On the afternoon of 25 September 1944, William Harrison, a US soldier stationed in Northern Ireland , visited the cottage of the Wylie family in Killycolpy, County Tyrone, and offered to buy treats for the children. He had visited before and was, if not a friend, at least known to the family. Mary Wylie let him take her seven-year-old daughter, Patricia, better known as Patsy, across the fields to the shops. Even for an era accustomed to war, what happened next was sickening. …
Original source: The Guardian World