Click My Lit » letters home http://clickmylit.net Supporting Emerging Literature and Seeking Good New Reads Mon, 01 Aug 2011 01:26:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Softside – War Letters from a WW II Marauder to his future bride. http://clickmylit.net/war-literature/softside-letters-from-a-ww-ii-marauder-to-his-future-bride/ http://clickmylit.net/war-literature/softside-letters-from-a-ww-ii-marauder-to-his-future-bride/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:59:22 +0000 Erin http://clickmylit.net/?p=318 War letters home from a WW II Marauder shows his Softside

After Joseph “Skip” Skibinski passed away, an historical war literature goldmine was discovered in his attic. Seven years worth of war letters home dating back to World War II from Skibinski to his future bride were found. This compilation of war letters and war cables reveals a true story of love, hope, despair, and transformation of a young man serving overseas during World War II.

Softside by Joseph Skibinski

Softside illustrates not only a timeline of years, but the timeline of love; how a young man fighting in a war transforms from his fancy for a woman to a deep, abiding love. Through his war letters home we see how the woman of his dreams undergoes a transformation into his reason to survive.

More than an account of war, Softside is a story told in war literature of love and patriotism told in the war literature words of a WWII Marauder. It touches the heart of anyone who believes in finding and keeping their one true love and gives us a glimpse into the heroic and patriotic actions of World War II veterans.

Upon finding these war letters, Skibinski’s family wished to share this piece of history with the world. Skibinski would never realize the lasting gift of war literature he gave, which revealed a side of him never before seen by younger generations of his family.

Softside by Joseph Skibinski

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