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Letters 5 & 6 from Basic, 1968

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Please, Mr. Postman The next letter from Frank shows just how upset and isolated he was feeling. He had not received my letters, but they were at least on the way. March 7, 1968, Dear Nancy, I finally got a pen (19 cents). I wanted to write you this letter in ink for a change. As you know, I’m lonely after a week, and I’m tired both physically and mentally and Nancy, like I warned you before I left, I’m liable to say anything when I get in my depressed moods so don’t think anything about it because you know I love you and trust you. I guess you are getting...

Letters 7 & 8 from Basic, 1968

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Marching In the Snow Frank had been gone for over two weeks when I got the next letter from him. Just when he was beginning to adjust to being away from home, Mother Nature gave him a new form of adjustment. March 13, 1968 Dear Nancy, Last night (Monday), it started snowing, well it started snowing while we were in the theater listening to some men talk, and it snowed all night and all day today until about 5:00 this afternoon, and it was so damn cold. We had to march about 1 mile to the theater and 1 mile back two times today, and the snow was about 6 to 8 inches deep,...

Letters 11 & 12 from Basic, 1968

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Young Love The next letter you will read really upset me. Frank was so far from home and so sick. As soon as Frank could, he would call home to his folk’s house collect from a phone booth so that I could talk to him March 25, 1968 Dear Nancy, This a very depressing letter, so if you want to throw it away, do it now. Thursday night I got two shots and then at 6:00-8: 30 p.m., I had to clean the Mess Hall and then at 3:30 a.m. Friday morning until 9:00p.m. Friday night (18 and 1/2 hrs.) I had K.P. Saturday, we had an inspection, and our platoon won the best of the week...

Letters 13 & 14 from Basic 1968

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Why Does A Man Cuss? I wrote a letter to Frank about the increase in cuss words in his letters to me. The following letter is his explanation for why a man cusses. April 9, 1968 Dear Nancy, Girl, I am severely disappointed in you. I got three letters from you today and the 3rd one, (April 6), made me feel very bad. You know I love you very much and for me to love someone commands a great deal of respect for that person. I respect you more than I have respected anyone in my entire life. I asked you to marry me and be my wife. Nancy marriage to me is one of the most...

Letters 15 & 16 from Basic 1968

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A Unique & Special Letter The next letter is unique and special, Frank decided to write to me on something he thought would be different, but I will let him tell you about it. April 20, 1968 Dear Lou, Isn’t this a novelty? I bet you never expected to get a letter that was written on a bedsheet. Well, I’m not out of paper, I’m not nuts, and I don’t mean anything by it. I just thought that it would be unusual. It is Friday of my 6th week, and my nerves are shot. We don’t get our orders until Wednesday and rumor is the RA’s don’t...