"Your Loving Son": Letters of an RCAF Navigator

by Stephen L.V. King (Editor)

""Your Loving Son": Letters of an RCAF Navigator "is a collection of George King's wartime letters to his family in Summerberry, Saskatchewan. These letters--humorous, heartwarming, poignant--offer a glimpse of the war and of Prairie life from the pers8pective of one young man who journeyed far from home to serve his country. "Your Loving Son "also includes the telegrams, government documents, and letters of condolence received by the King family after George's death. These provide a rare insight into the impact of the death of this young airman on his friends and family, the other and often forgotten casualties of war.

Paperback

First published February 3, 2002

Reviews

[Cherisse · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating read as a relative of some of the people mentioned in the book. Loved hearing the glimpses of a farm boy but also a soldier.

[TheIron Paw · Rating 2 out of 5]

Provides insight into family relationships during the war, but little about the war itself - due largely of course to the fact that letters were censored.