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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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New Blog Series: Arnold’s Letters Home
Upcoming new blog series: Arnold’s Letters Home Recently I have been reading through my father’s letters home from the front lines of the Vietnam War. They can be tough to get through because I miss him so much but they also help me feel close to him as they are a window into his life…