'Hello mum, this is going to be hard for you to read ...' - Home News, UK - The Independent

'Hello mum, this is going to be hard for you to read ...' - Home News, UK - The Independent: "Hello mum, this is going to be hard for you to read ...'

At 19, Rifleman Cyrus Thatcher was one of the youngest victims of the Afghan war. These letters – given to The Independent by his family – reveal the excitement of a teenager sent to fulfil his dream, and his maturity in confronting the possibility that he might not make it home"