(AP) — In a folder labeled “dads letters” pulled from a box of the same name, George Pfister has a nearly complete record of his father’s life as a young man and soldier. George said his father, Charles Pfister, didn’t talk much about his service in World War II, a common refrain for many baby boomers. And so to have hundreds of letters detailing a soldier’s life at war, his father’s life at war, is a treasure. “The life so far is real nice when you consider we’re at war,” Charles wrote to his parents July 4, 1943. “Charles’ letters home run throughout the duration of the war and include his unit’s last campaign on the German-Austrian border in 1945.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 21, 2020 00:45 UTC