Veteran Reacts To John Michael Montgomery - Letters From Home

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Song Letters From Home
Artist John Michael Montgomery

[tmon]

As on veteran to another i want to say thank you for doing this. Your explanation of tears instead of anger and hurt was spot on . Years later and i still have times it hits me out of the blue and i have to find a quiet spot to let my tears out. Bless you Brother

[normal]

This song gets me every time. My dad was a very hard man and the first time I saw him get emotional and tell me he was proud of me was as I was heading off to Iraq.

[johnlueck]

When i was in Vietnam the letters I'd get from home kept me going and helped me deal with losing friends.

[TheRayInPV]

As a Gulf War vet I can tell you, this hits home. We didn't have phones, so the letters were our happy day.

[thegamingironman]

I was in Iraq in 2010. Like you said, I had the chance for sat phone or skype when i was at home base, but getting a letter from my parents and the care packages i would get (when i was in Kuwait not on convoy duty) such a huge moral boost and truly did provide the strength to keep going. My dad served in Vietnam and i can only imagine what he went through but i do know our bond has grown stronger once i got home from deployment.

[DonDon-gmzu]

I have always loved this song. It is great and your shared knowledge took it to the next level.

[elizabethshow]

Used to send our friends in Iraq and Afghanistan big boxes of as many kinds of candy/ cookies I was allowed too. They’d pass them out to a lot of their buddies…. Got lots of Thank you letters- ( which wasn’t necessary) I always felt We owed them our thanks!🇺🇸

[fredalf]

Veteran are always tighter to each other than anyone e else go d bless brother

[mayor-of-destinthanwork]

I huge John Michael Montgomery He has so many good songs that people haven't heard and songs that never made it to radio

[davidbkg]

I love the stories. I want to know more of your story. Dont change

[annbellfeinstein]

I made sure my husband and his buddies were always getting stuff. I think his record was 9 packages in one day. I made sure his entire unit was taken care of.

[underratedszn]

I never been thru anything close to this but during my time in bootcamp man letters at the end of the day like every couple of days meant the world to my platoon for that 1 hour of square away time. The first couple of mins seeing the pictures and writing back home definitely keeps u in the fight

[firefighterchick]

I love the way you put that.
"Tears are better than anger."
It's the most natural outlet that we have.
Acknowledging our emotions is a whole healthier than trying to act like they don't exist.
If you want more Country patriotic songs
If You're Reading This by Tim McGraw
Just A Dream by Carrie Underwood
Both are heartwrenching fair warning.
A really cool one by Five Finger Death Punch is a cover of Bad Company (original is the band Bad Company).
The video is of them when they went to Iraq to perform for the troops.

[NoeNoe]

When i was in highschool my church had us write letters to those in Desert Storm even if we did not know the recipient.

[randyblackwolf]

Letters, care packages, all were a life saver. Whenever I got one from my wife it was like Christmas. Getting my favorite dip, my favorite snacks...it was awesome

[lnytita]

Aloha! Writing to my (single-parent) dad, stationed overseas, when I was a youngin' was a big part of life, and receiving his letters was the best. When I joined, he made it a point to write to me, still using that yellow lined notepaper he always used. Better than best 😀 One of my tasks in Iraq was to convoy to Kuwait to pick up the American contingency (and contractor) mail. Xmas was a fun run - the humvee was full slap up! On my birthday, I was surprised with a birthday care package, complete with kiddie pool and rubber duckies, from the support group in CA that I had connected to to have care packages sent to the US troops at my duty station. What a happy surprise to walk in and see my desk fully decorated 😁🥳 Just before deploying back to the states, a contractor that I picked up mail for popped in with a surprise ~ still warm SPAM musubi (a Hawaiian fav snack) ~ that he made for me as a thank you for doing the mail runs for them. He had found out I was from Hawai'i and specifically learned how to make them and had the ingredients shipped over in one of the packages I had delivered to him 😄 I really loved Girl Scout Cookie season cuz I was able to share them with the other forces I was stationed with ~ what a treat for them! 🤙

[ongoingstory]

I used to send packages and letters through operation gratitude. Best experience was when i got a letter back. I was so excited

[sarahcontento]

I cry easily and have a hard time controlling my emotions after part of my brain was removed in 2017. I tell my loved ones, especially my spouse that I love them and am proud of them and appreciate them often. I do that because what if something happened to them. I want my last words to them to be from my heart and not just about the daily grind or what have you.

[AWB]

Thank you for talking about being able to trust your comrades with your feelings and be able to cry over sad and emotional things. It definitely beats being angry because anger led to impulsive thoughts and rash behaviors that could derail your mission and get your people or civilians killed.

[KathyAnne]

5:23 you talking about the care packages took me back to decorating those FPO boxes from USPS for holidays or just funny photos from home that were taken for him to see us and what was going on, especially after having our son. 9-12 months at a time is a long time to miss when they're so little and hitting milestones. I'd throw in as much extra dip/smokes, treats, etc as i was allowed to for the rest of the guys in his unit, so he could share. ❤