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  • Arnold’s Letter Home: August 23rd 1966

    Arnold’s Letter Home: August 23rd 1966

    Arnolds Letter Home #9 August 23rd 1966 Hello Bob, Ginny, I got my first letter from home yesterday from you. I really appreciated it too. Its been getting pretty bad here lately between our guns and there guns going off I sometimes wonder who’s who. The Cambodian border is a pretty active place for Viet…

  • Giving Back: 5% For Vets Fund 2015 Recipient

    Giving Back: 5% For Vets Fund 2015 Recipient

    Giving Back to the 5% For Vets Fund 2015 Recipient Feed Our Vets-Watertown Food Pantry The Feed Our Vets Watertown Food Pantry serves on average 70-100 families every month. Tonia Russell, pictured with me, is the pantry director. She does an amazing job securing food donations, monetary donations and coordinates all the wonderful volunteers.  Please…

  • Arnold’s Letter Home: August 20th, 1966

    Arnold’s Letter Home: August 20th, 1966

    Arnold’s Letter Home #8 August 20th, 1966 Hello Bob, How’s everything going with you and the fam? I don’t like writing this type of letter, but I figure you will understand cause you were once in the service too. I have to tell someone to get it off my mind and I can’t very well…

  • Arnold’s Letter Home: August 16th, 1966

    Arnold’s Letter Home: August 16th, 1966

    Arnold’s Letter Home #7 August 16th, 1966 First letter from Vietnam Hello Ginny, Bob & Dawn, I hate to say it but everything’s pretty miserable over here. This is a crummy way to start a letter but thats just how it is. We’re living in a sea of mud. I wrote and told Ma that…

  • Arnold’s Letter Home: March 13th, 1966

    Arnold’s Letter Home: March 13th, 1966

    Note: I recently received many letters from my Aunt Virgina. The next few installments will be out of date order from the previous letters. The letters to Virginia are much more candid than the ones to his parents. Virgina was his rock to lean on. Arnold’s Letter Home #6 March 13th, 1966: To his sister…

  • Giving back: The 5% for Vets Fund 2014

    Giving back: The 5% for Vets Fund 2014

    The 5% for Vets Fund 2014 Recipient: Wounded Heroes Program of Maine I had the distinct pleasure of getting to know and work alongside Pam Payeur, Executive Director of Wounded Heroes Program of Maine, last year. I chose her non-profit to be featured as the 5% for Vets Fund recipient because of her passion and…

  • Arnold’s Letter Home: November 5th & 6th, 1966

    Arnold’s Letter Home: November 5th & 6th, 1966

    Arnold’s Letters Home #4 & #5 November 5th, 1966: To his sister Marcia Say Marsh, The Congs are keeping us pretty busy. We found a couple of regiments three days ago. Found 250 tons of rice, salt, medical supplies. It was all in caves. The Congs are about 15 miles from base camp. Some Congs…

  • Arnold’s Letter Home: October 28th, 1966

    Arnold’s Letter Home: October 28th, 1966

    Arnold’s Letter Home #3 Say Ma, Dad an Fam, Another month gone. I can hardly remember what month it is.  I got 2 packages today. My bag and cookies. The bag is just the right size and it locks too. The cookies got broken up in those cans believe it or not. But not bad,…

  • Arnold’s Letter Home: September 7th, 1966

    Arnold’s Letter Home: September 7th, 1966

    Arnold’s Letters Home: #2 Hello Everybody, I got seven letters yesterday, all from the family. Bob, Ginny, I got three ink pens that I needed too. Ma, I got your letter too late when you told me about Ginny’s card cause she wrote before you an said, thank you for the card, and I didn’t…

  • Arnold’s Letter Home: January 10th, 1966

    Arnold’s Letter Home: January 10th, 1966

    Arnold’s Letters Home: #1 Hello Ma and Dad, Sorry I haven’t written in so long a time. We have been very busy. We’re on an operation for 5 days now out by Cu Chi. I don’t have so much time that I can’t write at all it’s just that when I did I got some…