Make a Comment • Email Link • Send Letter to Editor IPFS News Link • Books How "Slaughterhouse Five" was born 4-7-2008 • Salon On May 29, 1945, Pfc. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. wrote his family a letter. "I'm told that you were probably never informed that I was anything other than 'missing in action,'" he began. "That leaves me a lot of explaining to do. Watch Streaming Broadcast Live: LRN.fm Watch live shows and archives TV Live Chat Telegram Share this page with your friends on your favorite social network: