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Uneven Numbers Competition

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in Love Letters | 4 comments

Frank only had a week off from his job at Torii Station to help me get settled into our new home. We worked hard to get settled in, and we did it. Frank worked 30 days straight of each shift, days, evenings then nights, with a couple of days off between the different changes. The day shift was from the hours from 6:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M., the evening shift was from 3:00 P.M. until 11:00 P.M., and the night shift was from 11:00 P.M. until 6:00 A.M. Since Frank and I did not have yet have children, I adjusted my schedule to his schedule. If Frank worked all night, I stayed up all night...

Ralph and “Ole” Bondo

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in Love Letters | 8 comments

Frank and I had settled into the daily living in Okinawa. Okinawa was such a beautiful island. We had made new friends with couples living in homes around us. Where we lived was designated as off-base military housing. Across the road, in front of our house, was an area that was not a part of off-base military housing but had homes of Okinawan families. Both of us felt that we were so lucky to be living in a house that touched different cultures depending on which way you faced or looked. Frank and I loved this so much. The single soldiers who lived on the base at Torii and worked with...