A Thousand Letters Home

On May 26, 2006, one month and one day after her Dad’s death, Teresa Irish raised the lid on the Army trunk that had resided in the family home her entire life. There, nestled in row after row, were her Dad’s nearly 1,000 handwritten letters from World War II. Carefully tucked away and visited only by him over the course of six decades, the letters were postmarked from November, 1942 to December, 1945. In the top left corner of each envelope was the signature of the sender, Aarol W. “Bud” Irish. The fragile and yellowed pages were addressed to Bud’s parents and to the sweetheart who would later become his wife, Elaine Marie Corbat.

This book is for the children, grandchildren and future descendants of WWII veterans. This book is for all Americans…lest we forget.