War...

My daughter has been in the military for 8 years now. Fortunately for us, even though she has been overseas, she has not been assigned to active war zones. So, even though I understand the separation and anxiety...I don't know the cost of war. Many of us do not...we have not felt the affects up close and personal...this story is from WWII...and has been on-going lo these many years.

Franklin Hobbs III was a 21 year old corporal serving on Iwo Jima during the bloodiest days of the war. He took a letter from the pocket of a dead Japanese soldier...it contained this picture:



and this drawing:



Recently they were returned to the daughters of the Japanese soldier...read the story linked above and try to understand what it would feel like to finally get closure after a lifetime.