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A Letter from Frank: An Unlikely Second World War Friendship

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On the last day of the Second World War, Frank and Russ fought each and every other. Within the days after, they become friends.

This is the remarkable tale of a long-forgotten letter. It used to be written from Germany Within the aftermath of the Second World War to a Canadian in a peaceful Southern Ontario town. Both had been soldiers and had met on a German battlefield. The letter lay unseen for years and used to be found by the Canadian’s son long after the old soldier’s death. This book tells how that faded letter led to the discovery of the only-time German paratrooper who become his father’s friend Within the immediate aftermath of the war.

A Letter from Frank is a component war story and part biography, following the lives of Russ Colombo, the Canadian soldier, and Frank Sikora, the German paratrooper. One grew up throughout the Depression in Ontario, the other used to be a German in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. This non-fiction narrative also chronicles writer Stephen J. Colombo’s struggle to come to terms with a father haunted by the war. Their recollections provide insights into the events that shaped the generations that forged a up to date Canada and rebuilt Germany after its near-total devastation. In a surprising twist, this book also provides prior to now unknown historical details of later NHL president Clarence Campbell at war (Campbell used to be Russ Colombo’s commanding officer).

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