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Going Back Home to Texas

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in Love Letters | 10 comments

Audio of me just telling the Story After Frank got home from the bivouac, we still had a few things to do. We had to take the fully packed barrels with all of our things packed in them to shipped through REA Express. This company could ship by truck, plane, ship, or train. Our things were to be shipped by train from Ayer, Massachusetts, to Bay City, Texas. Since we had to be out of our apartment in town on December 15, 1968, Frank and I had to find a place to stay for a few days before we left Ayer, Massachusetts. Our friends had already moved back to Iowa, so we could not stay with them. ...

Next Stop is Okinawa

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in Love Letters | 10 comments

After arriving home in Texas late on the evening of December 20, 1968, Frank and I had only a few days to shop for gifts for our families before Christmas. Since Frank’s car had been left at his folk’s house while we were in Ayer, Massachusetts, we actually had a car we could drive into Bay City or Houston to shop. Frank’s little sister, Cindy, was not yet two years old, so there was a lot of excitement going on with that little one in Frank’s folk’s home. She really loved her big brother, and he absolutely adored her. As a matter of fact, they looked so much...