A message in a bottle believed to be from World War II washed up in Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Debbie.

The bottle was discovered on Wednesday in Safety Harbor, Florida, by Suzanne Flamento Smith, who was walking along the beach picking up trash in the aftermath of the hurricane. According to WTSP News.

“There was so much plastic. I thought I was going crazy,” Flament-Smith told the outlet. She began stuffing the trash into bags, then made a historic discovery.

“As I was filling the third bag, I noticed a glass bottle with words and notes and Bible verses on it and I thought, 'Oh my goodness, I've found a message in a bottle,'” she added.

Flamento-Smith then took the bottle home. (RELATED: At least four dead as Hurricane Debbie weakens to tropical storm).

“Inside the jar was sand, several shells, shell casings and what appeared to be small shells,” she told WTSP.

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Inside the bottle was a letter written in cursive on old paper with the address “U.S. Naval Amphibious Training Station, Little Creek, Virginia” and dated March 4, 1945.

“Dear Lee, I received your letter yesterday and it was good to hear from you,” the letter began. Though the writing was faded, it appeared to be a message from someone named Chris to a friend named Lee, WTSP reported.

“It looked like a letter to a friend who was in the Navy or military or something, because it said she'd like to meet him soon and things like that,” she told the outlet.

The Navy base in Virginia is still located more than 800 miles from the Florida town where the bottles were found, but it's now named Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, according to WTSP.

“We were founded because during World War II, there was a need for a place to train amphibious forces like those that came ashore during the Normandy landings 80 years ago,” Navy spokeswoman April Phillips told the outlet.

WTSP reported that the Navy couldn't verify the authenticity of the letter because it didn't include a last name, but the Navy said the letterhead appears to date from 1945.

Hurricane Debbie made landfall on Monday, triggering warnings of “the heaviest rainfall on record” across the United States. According to National Hurricane Center.