Heather Taylor was a Land Girl. Over the course of her service she had several relations with American servicemen. During her first placement in Halesworth, the farmer's wife disapproved of her American boyfriend 'Michael' and accused Heather of being 'dirty'.



After hearing of the incident her mother wrote to her on 7 October 1942 'I expect their ideas are about 25 year behind London ones, and likely to remain there, but even so, what was the trouble about Michael? So far as we know you went to some dances with him, which was quite an ordinary thing to do.'



Heather was later posted to a farm in Woodbridge, she attended dances at the Anglo-American club in Framingham and struck up a friendship with several airmen of the 390th Bomb Group. Heather was particularly close with an airman called Rick, who features in several photographs she took of her service and at the same time, was also friendly with a Corporal Sam, from Brooklyn.



In December 1946, Heather received a written proposal from an American serviceman named Rodney from Ohio. He wrote: 'Will you marry me and become my wife? Will you become one with me for all the happy days of struggle and of pride, of personal victory and of loss, of warmth and happiness and of love abiding until the last breath.



I have always loved you from the first time I saw you...nor will I ever stop loving you. Say that you love me and that you will be my bride.. I need you Heather, as you need me. Have we not floated through life thus far, seeking, wanting, yearning?



Have we not both been haunted by these months apart by the fond memory of one another?'



Heather, evidently not haunted by the separation, refused Rodneys' proposal. She never married.