Stock Photo - Feb. 02, 1970 - THEY MEET AGAIN - AFTER 26 YEARS When GI Wayne Klein left hie wartime billet at Lyme Regis, Dorset, to go on the Normandy landings, he told the polio stricken girl he had befriended:'W,11 meet again'?¢‚Ǩ?æ And yesterday, after 26 years he met the little girl again - but now she is his wife-to-be, Wayne, 49, met Phylie Rice when he was stationed at Lyme Regis, He used to go and sit by her bedside and encourage her to walk, Then, in 1944, Wayne left for France, and Phylle, then 16, thought that she would never see him again. Wayne married a French girl and, after the war, went back to hie home in Dayton, Ohio But he did not forget the little girl and every Christmas he sent her a card and wrote to her Three years ago, Wayne was divorced, and the letters became more regular. Then two years ago, Wane proposed by letter and Phylie immediately acceptedo They intend to marry in 1,3.e Regis in the Spring, unit first I intend to relax' said Wayne as he stepped off the plane at Exeter Airport. 'I have been travelling for 12 hours and bet little tired,' He added: 'Itua greet to see Phylie in the flesh again after all this time. Of course Ice seen photographs but its not the same,' Said Phylie, (42): 'It's wonderful, When I was struck by polio, doctors said I would never walk again. But Wayne used to bring me sweets and encourage me to walk and now I oan walk easily, New I will be able to walk down the aisle with.Wayneo' (Credit Image: © Keystone Press Agency/Keystone USA via ZUMAPRESS.com)