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As Leonard fights on the frontlines of World War II,memories of Josephine and home help keep him alive. As Josephine contends withlife, family, and work in Cleveland, letters from Leonard sustain her. Butofficial censorship forces him to leave out much of the most significant actionhe sees. Finally, with the war comingto an end, Leonard is able to tell his full story. In a quietly beautiful letterto Josephine, Leonard writes of the loneliness he felt, the camaraderie heexperienced, and the terrible violence he witnessed. Now, Josephine and Leonard's grandson JosephSieracki has carefully researched the battles Leonard describes and expanded theletter into a moving tale of a young man's fears and bravery far from home.Brought to heartwrenching life by the paintbrushes of Kelly Williams (Creepy,Eerie), A Letter to Jo is at once a tender love story and harrowing battlefieldmemoir. Addresses the massive scale of"the war to end all wars" with an intimate, visceral and personal connection,charged with the emotions and trauma of direct experience. Includes substantialappendices with photographs, scans of the letter, developmental art, and anillustrated poem by WWII machinegunner Leonard Sieracki (the author'sgrandfather).