June 30, 1971: The Last Letter of the Month
Send us a text This is the last letter my dad wrote in June 1971 — a month that spanned open heart surgeries, flash floods, military cloud seeding, and long days for my mom at Wilford Hall. Now it’s the 30th. My mom has just a few days left in the Air Force, and she’s preparing to step into motherhood. My dad is still in Vietnam, trying to hold it together the only way he can — by writing to her, every day, without fail. In this letter, he sends love, plans for the future, and plenty of h...
This is the last letter my dad wrote in June 1971 — a month that spanned open heart surgeries, flash floods, military cloud seeding, and long days for my mom at Wilford Hall.
Now it’s the 30th. My mom has just a few days left in the Air Force, and she’s preparing to step into motherhood. My dad is still in Vietnam, trying to hold it together the only way he can — by writing to her, every day, without fail.
In this letter, he sends love, plans for the future, and plenty of heat. It’s flirtatious and honest and laced with his signature humor. He talks about Hawaii, money, and how hard it is to be apart — not just from her, but from the baby they made together.
He ends, as always, writing straight from the heart:
“You always are sent all of the love I have.”
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