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A Tape & Another Gift

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in Vietnam Letters | 2 comments

As you know from the last chapter, Frank has been asking me lots of questions that I have not answered. I made Frank a cassette tape then sent it to him with some of the answers to his questions and some other things that had been going on in my life. I do not have this cassette tape but really wishing I had the cassette that was in the plastic cover of the one that Frank mailed to me which I found with the letters. One of the most upsetting things that had been going on had to do with my job. The man who owned the business had a nephew who needed a job, so it was decided that he would be...

The Longest Hair

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in Vietnam Letters | 4 comments

Frank had been in a good mood until receiving my letter which had been delayed in the mail. With mail delivery so mixed up at times, it was very hard for us to communicate but even with normal ten-day delays in receiving letters, our moods would already have changed by the time we got another letter. We just never knew what to expect in a letter but we learned to work at holding back our reactions to a five-day-old letter. In the next letter, Frank was a little down and he gets a little rebellious. May 29, 1971 Dear Nancy, Hi Darling. How are you today? I hope you’re well and in...

The Pocket Watch

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in Vietnam Letters | 2 comments

Frank experienced so many emotions in his last four letters which were all written in a time span of eight days. He was feeling rebellious, angry, humorous, and depressed. In his letter from June 5, 1971, he was very down. Frank was not feeling well and something else was really upsetting him but he had not shared with me what it was. After receiving his June 5th letter, I was totally confused but then I received his next letter written three days later. June 8, 1971 Dear Nancy, Hi Honey, how’s my life today? I hope that you’re fine and happy because I want you to be happy. I...

The Surprise Gift

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in Vietnam Letters | 4 comments

I was so excited that Frank had finally received his pocket watch. After receiving Frank’s letter, reading it, and seeing in his writing how excited he was about the watch, I was really happy. Frank was still messing with me about the Surprise Gift he was sending me. I could not think of one thing that I had been asking him for. He had already sent me two gifts that were totally amazing and beautiful. I did not want him to spend any more money on me. June 16, 1971 Dearest Wife, I love you, I love you, I love you. I just can’t help it. I’m just so filled with love for...

Two Weeks of Heaven

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in Letters After R&R | 6 comments

Standing in our living room, holding the phone to my ear, then hearing Frank’s voice saying he loved me, was surreal. For the first time in six months, I was actually talking to Frank, and it felt like it was all a dream. How had he called me? Where was he? It took only seconds before Frank answered all of my questions with his next words, “Nancy, I am in California, and I am fixing to get on a flight to Houston. Wanna come and pick me up at the Houston airport?” I was fighting back the tears, holding back squealing loudly, and smiling from ear to ear all at one time,...