Love Letters From the South Pacific (Latest Edition) (en Inglés) - Dr. Trent Dee Stephens

During the twenty-eight months that Ray Albert Brown served in the US Army in the South Pacific, throughout much of WWII, he and his wife, June Lucille Grant Brown, exchanged over fifteen hundred letters. June kept hers in the original envelopes, all tied up with ribbon. Ray took his letters out of the envelopes and kept them rolled up and stashed in the bottom of his duffle bag on his LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized), the Tenora. Most of those letters had not seen the light of day since Ray returned home in the summer of 1945. June suffered a stroke in April 1999 and spent the last three years of her life in a nursing home - where her loving, faithful husband spent the greater part of every day sitting beside her bed. Ray moved in with his daughter, Kathleen Rae Brown Stephens, and her husband, Trent Dee Stephens - where he spent the last ten years of his life. Kathleen discovered the letters in one of his boxes and spent many hours transcribing them. Kathleen and Trent spent numerous happy hours reminiscing with Ray, including discussions of his time in the South Pacific. Trent organized the letters and conversations into Love Letters From the South Pacific - a twenty-five-year project. The book/photo project has won two awards.