May 8, 1971: Faithful, Restless, and Missing Sarah
Send us a text In this letter from May 8, 1971, my dad writes from the patio of the Officers’ Club at Clark Air Force Base. He’s packed, ready, and counting down the hours until he returns to Bien Hoa and finally gets the year underway. Even in the quiet moments, you can feel how much he misses my mom. A tall, black-haired woman walks by, and something about her reminds him of her—but it’s not desire. It’s homesickness. He’s surrounded by other servicemen, many joking about one last fling...
In this letter from May 8, 1971, my dad writes from the patio of the Officers’ Club at Clark Air Force Base. He’s packed, ready, and counting down the hours until he returns to Bien Hoa and finally gets the year underway.
Even in the quiet moments, you can feel how much he misses my mom. A tall, black-haired woman walks by, and something about her reminds him of her—but it’s not desire. It’s homesickness.
He’s surrounded by other servicemen, many joking about one last fling before Vietnam. But my dad doesn’t waver. He wears his wedding band, stays faithful, and makes it clear: there’s no one who holds a candle to the woman he loves.
They don’t know yet that she’s pregnant with me. But through every word, you feel their connection—and their determination to hold onto each other across the world.
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