Social media post sparks trip of a lifetime for widow of World War II vet

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Social media post sparks trip of a lifetime for widow of World War II vet
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Stephenson, a resident of Humble will travel to Bologna, Italy to visit the site where her husband, Captain Victor Phelps’ plane was shot down during World War II.

“He flew the invasion and said that, that was the most planes he had ever seen at one time in the air, something like over a thousand,” Stephenson said.

The couple went on to have six children but Phelps died in in 1976 after he experienced complications with the open heart surgery he had weeks earlier. “If my grandson hadn’t put that on the internet, if the man in Italy hadn’t seen it, none of this would happen.” Stephenson said.

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