“Steak Dinners & Sex Books: May 8, 1971”
Send us a text It’s May 8, 1971, and Sarah is writing from the apartment she shared with Richard near Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Earlier that day, she unpacked a box of surprises he sent from Las Vegas before deploying to Vietnam—dishes, small treasures, and bits of their life together. A few things arrived broken, but her heart is full just knowing he thought of her. Sarah is her full, unfiltered self in this letter: playful, honest, and aching. She hosts a steak dinner with...
It’s May 8, 1971, and Sarah is writing from the apartment she shared with Richard near Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Earlier that day, she unpacked a box of surprises he sent from Las Vegas before deploying to Vietnam—dishes, small treasures, and bits of their life together. A few things arrived broken, but her heart is full just knowing he thought of her.
Sarah is her full, unfiltered self in this letter: playful, honest, and aching. She hosts a steak dinner with friends, jokes about missing her “sex books,” and confesses how deeply she misses him. She worries about missed phone calls, wonders if he’s wanted anyone else, and reassures him that her love hasn’t wavered.
This letter is a window into wartime intimacy, the ache of absence, and the humor that helps carry it all.
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