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I Love You, Frank

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in Vietnam Letters | 4 comments

Finally, we were in communication with each other. Of course, it would be a slow process, but it was the best we had. I would not know Frank received my letters until sometime after the 15th of February, but we kept writing. We both had so many questions about what was going on with each other. Frank wrote a letter many days before Valentine’s Day, asking his folks to buy flowers and candy for me. Days before Valentine’s Day, I had mailed his Valentine’s Card and sent a box full of things for him to munch on. Because we knew how long the mail took to reach each other,...

Guard Duty and Cookies

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in Vietnam Letters | 4 comments

Frank was finally receiving my letters and boxes. Finally, he could begin to realize that there was no need to worry about who would always own my heart and soul. Loneliness through separation from the person you truly love added to being in a war with so much uncertainty of what the next day may bring can cause a person to think of the worst of what could happen instead of the truth that they know inside them. My biggest worry was for Frank’s health and safety. I was so terrified of something happening to him and him not returning to me alive. Loving Frank with all of my heart and...

“Just a Touch of Magic”

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in Vietnam Letters | 14 comments

Frank and I had been separated before, ten weeks while he was in Basic Training, two weeks after we married, and three months before I arrived in Okinawa but this separation was different. The difference in this separation was fear. Fear of losing your soulmate, the person who owned your heart and soul. Frank was in a war zone where anything could happen at any moment. We were both aware of that possibility every moment of every day. Music was always a big part of our lives. We played music all of the time and knew the words to most of the songs on the radio. The music from the 60s and...

Come on Nancy

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in Vietnam Letters | 0 comments

I have been posting letters from Frank, letting you read what he had written to me. These letters contain his emotions and things he was doing in Vietnam but I have not said much about my everyday life during this time in our lives or my emotions. After a little thought, I decided that it needs to be included, so everyone knows how it was for faithful spouses holding down the home front while their husbands were in Vietnam. Our little white house in Van Vleck, Texas was my fortress and safety barrier from others. After leaving our home to go to work on the weekdays, once work was over I...

I Believe in You

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in Vietnam Letters | 2 comments

Frank had panicked when the mail did not arrive on time but once he finally received my letters and realized that I was never going to stop loving him, it would relieve his worries. I would write back to Frank about the letters he had sent to me while he was so upset but it will take a while for him to get my response. In the meantime, he kept writing to me apologizing and telling me how much he loved me. April 7, 1971 Dear Nancy. Am I forgiven yet? I feel like the most foolish man in the world. I won’t go into that again. I did last night and I’m getting tired of being a...