Lost WWII letter found inside rare book and returned to family | ABC News

Tears welled in Julie Carter's eyes as she read a long-lost letter sent to her grandfather from a World War II battlefield 83 years ago.

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The letter contained devastating details about how her uncle, Lieutenant Sidney Edwin Thomas, had lost his life in Syria on July 7, 1941.

The powerful letter was almost lost forever when Ms Carter and her family sold part of her father's book collection after his death.
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