This story begins in 2003, when two sisters find a thirty-three-year-old unopened letter. Their father had written the letter to their older brother, Johnny, who was killed before it arrived in Vietnam. And so the letter was returned home. They discover their father had kept it, sealed, for all those years. The Vietnam War brings turmoil into the author's family, when her brother decides to join the Marines and fight for his country. A short year later two Marines bring news of Johnny's death. The letters her brother writes home and countless interviews with family members long after his death bring to life a young warrior who left behind a void that can be felt decades later. showing one family's struggle through loss and back to normalcy, The Letter is a loving and caring monument to the people who fought in the war zones of Vietnam and at home