Letters from the CBI

<p>Hauntingly nostalgic. <strong>-Nathan Aguinaga master sergeant US Army (Retired) and six-book author at Koehler Books</strong></p><p></p><p>...Forster's very well-crafted book...takes us down into the details of the GIs' 'real war.' <strong>-Kerry A. Trask author of <em>Fire Within: A Civil War Narrative from Wisconsin</em> and <em>Black Hawk: The Battle for the Heart of America</em></strong></p><p></p><p>...moving richly detailed and well-written book... <strong>-Bruce K. Berger PhD author of <em>Brothers Bound</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>An old shoebox sat near a pile of photos on the kitchen table. Inside beneath a layer of dust lay hundreds of letters lovingly tied up in bundles. Robert Forster and his siblings tasked with cleaning our their parents' home after their passing immediately knew these must be the letters their dad Lieutenant Louis Jack Forster had sent to their mom Gloria while deployed to the China-Burma-India Theater in World War II.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>These letters detail a soldier's journey to the far reaches of the globe where few Americans had fought. They convey his suffering sacrifice and dedication in the face of danger when all he wanted was to return home to marry his sweetheart. His journey was unique as were his contributions to history in this forgotten theater of World War II.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Letters from the CBI </em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>not only tells a love story between a soldier in the throes of danger far from home and his future wife it also reveals a son who discovers a new intimate side of his father. A heartfelt and honest tribute to a soldier's struggle to maintain connection and closeness with the world he leaves behind for war its hopeful message will withstand the test of time.</span></p>