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Does this incredible circumstance really sound like the vagaries of war? The two lieutenants met for the third time and agreed that in the midst of this terrible war something wonderful was happening. Ed-ward said,” it was meant to be since even the Army is cooperating!!”

Lieutenant Olsen’s division was or-dered to capture Baguio, the Phillipine summer capital, which was still under Japanese control. The young couple man-aged a few visits even as Edward led dan-gerous missions to the front and Georgia worked long hours tending to stricken sol-diers brought to the 43rd. The city was lib-erated at last in May, 1945 and its citizens finally freed. Georgia and her nurses were climbing up a hilly street one day when there was a commotion about a passing Army officer. They quickly discovered it was General Douglas MacArthur. “How shall we act, what do we do?” came the excited questions. “Just as you would conduct yourself for any other ranking of-ficer,” instructed their Chief Nurse. They stood at attention by the side of the road as his jeep passed by, an exciting moment after a long and arduous struggle.

Now a new effort began, how to obtain

all the necessary permissions and docu-ments required to get married. First their superior officers had to grant permission. Edward’s colonel not only gave his ap-proval but was best man for the couple and Georgia also received the approval of her Chief Nurse. Documents came from Georgia’s parish priest, her father, even her elementary school!

But how does one plan the special de-tails of a wedding day in the midst of ongo-ing war with nowhere to shop and nothing to shop for? The answer--the Sisters of St. Paul, a Belgian Order of Sisters associated with St. Louis Cathedral in Baguio. The Sisters made Georgia’s wedding gown from a parachute. The gown survives to-day, a truly memorable and beautiful gift from the Sisters to the bride. The dress, done with delicate hand stitches, was de-signed with long, tapered sleeves, covered buttons at the wrists and a short train. The lace trim around the graceful neckline was taken from a donated negligee. Another parachute was transformed into a flow-

ing, feminine nightgown and a pair of lounging pajamas with hand embroidery on the jacket.

The Sisters of St. Paul planned the details of the wedding ceremony and reception. Georgia and Edward wrote charming commitments to one another. A wedding menu describes a sumptuous dinner all provided by the Army!

The wedding took place at St. Louis Cathedral in Baguio at noon on August 6, 1945. Unknown to the bride and groom and their guests, it was the very hour when the Enola Gay, piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets, dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima.

The war in the Pacific ended during Georgia and Edward’s brief honeymoon. Georgia returned to the United States and Edward proceeded to Japan as regimental liaison officer for the 130th Infantry Divi-sion. He was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service and separated from the military on May 29, 1946. The civilian Olsens made their principal home in Chi-cago where Edward conducted his optom-etry practice until retiring in 1988.

They bought their Marco Island home in the 1970’s and retired permanently here

in 1988. Georgia still makes her home here and enjoys visits from her daughter, Lu-cienne and husband, Keith Klipstein, her three grandsons and now a great grand-daughter. Coastal Breeze News salutes Lt. Edward Olsen and Lt Georgia Ivanoff for their dedicated service to our country and for their example of enduring love which flourished through a dreadful war and a 60 year marriage lived well and faithfully.

St. Louis Cathedral.

SALUTE TO VETSContinued from B/1

A photo for her soldier.

Edward, Sister and Georgia.

A rare day off.