ANDY SAWYER ANDY SAWYER/Yakima Herald-Republic
Lorraine Sylling looks at a letter sent to her by her brother-in-law, Lyle Sylling, who joined the army out of high school and died during WWII at age 19.
The second page of the last letter written by Lyle Sylling before he was killed in WWII. The letter is dated May 7, 1945, Okinawa.
The second paragraph reads: "Lorraine don't worry about me as I will be all right. I think I will be one of the lucky ones."
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