The soldier died years ago, but members of the Palatine group, whose Sister City is Fonetenay-le-Comte, France, worked with the Palatine and Arlington Heights libraries' genealogy departments to track down his family in Pittsburgh.
Next month, charter members Carl and Grace Arthur of Palatine's Sister Cities Association will go to France to pick up the prayer book and personally deliver it to the soldier's niece in Pittsburgh.
You can read the full story in the Daily Herald's edition from Sunday, February 10, 2013, or online at dailyherald.com.
