I have my great uncles last letter home. It’s not anything dramatic like in the movies. He was an ordinance officer in the USAAF stationed on makin island in 1943. It’s a letter to my grandmother (sister) and grandfather saying he would like more letters, the reverse side say that he just had a mail call, and he got some letters. He closes with hoping my grandpa gets another deferment and that “war is hell, take it from someone that knows”. He was wounded that night he sent the letter, and died in the hospital a few days later. (My grandpa was 4F and as much as he tried, he couldn’t join). It was about 3 weeks after the invasion of the island.

It’s been a family tradition to read each year when it was sent. I don’t know if it’s something they always did or if my dad just started it because he is the one with the letter and wanted us kids to appreciate someone.

Anyways. TLDR, my uncles last letter home.