everyone needed someone to remind them with they were fighting for and that was willie mae. >> issued the license. we got a minister that had married my mother and father and we were married saturday. i started crying monday night and my mother said, you knew he was going to have to, you know, go when you married him, but i waited almost two years, and i never cheated on him. i was a good girl, and i still am a good girl. >> reporter: it was worth it, right? vern shipped out later that week on mine sweeper number 612. for the next two years he and two others helped -- help clear mines. his ship mate was sent to treatment for a broken ankle. >> we saw it all what happened. the germans had an aerial torpedo bomb. they nut right down a smoke stack on to the savannah, almost sunk the ship. >> reporter: this was willie mae that helped get him through. her letters helped anchor him. the story of world war ii is one of many whose lives were caught new a great storm. vor them, the story settled in dundalk, four children, close to 20 great children and great grand children. the story goes on f

mae and freddie mac. and 4 billion to consumers. it will go to consumers in the form of loans. we'll wait to see about that. guys? jon: gerri willisx business network. what a fine. thanks. jenna: there is new reports that the united states and afghan officials are closer than ever to some sort of a deal for our troops to stay in afghanistan after the 2014 withdrawal deadline. but there's a catch. afghan officials refuse to sign any deal apparently unless the president submits a lerach knowledging mistakes made by the united states in the war. it is important to remember of course that 2276 american servicemembers have been killed since the war there began. we never want to forget that. jessie jane duff is former marine gunnery sergeant. she serves on advisory committee for concerned veterans of america. jesse, president's advisors say there is no letter in the works, nothing of the sorts, this will not happen but read us into a little bit what is at stake here? what are the negotiations really about? >> it appears the afghan officials stated that the letter will be coming, jay carney definitely avoid question in the white house pr