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Padlock and Key

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in Letters After R&R | 12 comments

Letters between Frank and I were finally arriving but at a much slower pace. Some of our letters were taking over ten days to reach us and out of order. This made it hard for us to communicate but we were both trying to remain calm until we figure it all out. The greatest thing for me was knowing that Frank was alright, even if he was a little upset with me for writing every day and asking him why he was not writing. Actually, he affirmed to me that his friends would write to me if he was hurt. Frank’s buddies all knew how much we loved each other. Frank was thinking deeply in his...

Disposition Form Letter

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in Letters After R&R | 4 comments

I was very worried about Frank and knew his last letter to me was so out of character for him. Frank seemed to have lost all of his inward fight to depression. I prayed that God would touch Frank with His loving hands, pull him out of the depths of depression and mend his body. The next letter Frank typed on a Disposition Form. It shows his resilience and God’s hand in answering my prayers. I will try to put it in here as much like the original as I can but I do not know how to do form letters on the website. This letter was typed so I will not italicize it. DISPOSITION FORM...

Man’s Love Not A Weakness

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

I did not receive a letter from Frank for four days and was really worried about him. In his last letter, Frank had told me that he would be requesting a sick call to see about getting something done for his severe hemorrhoids. He was not sure what could be done or when. All I could do was pray for him and wait to hear from him in a letter. Of course, Frank and I knew that he would not be a priority at the hospital in Phu Bai, Vietnam. Phu Bai had a hospital called the 85th Evacuation hospital but it was for soldiers wounded in the field, evacuated by helicopter, stabilized, and sent to...

My Poem to My Wife, Nancy

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

We had a little disappointment when Frank’s name was not on the list for an early drop, but we knew that each day that passed would still get us closer to being together again. Also, we knew that no matter how many days we had left of separation, nothing could change the deep love we had for each other. Frank had turned twenty-two years old and spent his birthday in a guard tower overlooking the A Shau Valley. The devastation of the valley that Frank saw looking down from that tower brought out deep thoughts about the Vietnam War and war in general, which he shared with me in a...

Guard Duty & Thoughts on War

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in Letters After R&R | 8 comments

Our letters were arriving from each other in the time frame that Frank and I had become accustomed to. Thank God, the Doctors had managed to get Frank back to being a healthy soldier and he had been on an R&R which game him time to heal and relax a little. Finally, we were coming to the end of September 1971. We were both doing the best we could to make the days go by faster and praying that Frank would get an early drop to be home for Christmas. The next letter I got from Frank caused me to worry. September 27, 1971 Dear Nancy, Hello, my Darling. How’s the most precious thing...