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Thousands of other Daddies went too…
John Byrnes sent the following beautiful letter to his 2-year-old daughter in 1942, months after being called to New Guinea to fight the Japanese forces during World War II. Realising that he may never return home, Byrnes wrote an extremely personal, heart-wrenching message in an effort to explain his current situation. Unfortunately – to me at least – the conclusion to this story is unknown, but hopefully this wasn’t the last contact he made.
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