Mom saved all of Dad's letters and pictures that she received from Dad while he was in the military service during WW II. She passed them down to her children before she died in 1999. The authors felt that this book would be a wonderful legacy for their family and for their future generations. For the general public this makes good reading because his letters represent a typical soldier's life and feelings during this difficult time. These are Dad's original, personal letters to Mom, full of love for her and his baby daughter. You will read them in his own handwriting. The authors present their father's letters in the order that they were written. They reveal the hopes, the fears and especially the dreams of all men and women who serve in wars. When reading these letters, you sense that you are looking over his shoulder as he writes, feeling what he is feeling.