Neat Picture

[Kenn Osborne]

I got a email with a bunch of pictures today and I thought this one was neat and shows how important letters and such are to the troops

[Waymon Campbell]

Thanks for sharing Ken.

[Martin Shupe]

In my war, we didn't have email. Letters took four to six weeks to make it out to the boat, and each one was precious. Mail call was not everyday, unless we were close to port. Sometimes we would go a week or two without mail, then get a bunch at once. We told the people who wrote us to sequentially number their mail, so when we got several letters at once, we could read them in the correct order. It was not uncommon to get letter 30 one day, and letters 27, and 28 the next week, and never see letter 29.

I got some chocolate chip cookie bars once from my sister. Although they were reduced to dried crumbs, my stateroom mates and I ate every little crumb.

Although email may be faster and better to keep up with events in real time, nothing beats a letter from home. Your loved ones touched that letter, and now you are touching it.

Nothing boosts morale like a letter from home.

[Keith Outten]

Thanks for sharing the picture Ken, it sure hits home.

[John Miliunas]

Ken, I think it's probably the same set of pics I received today from a retired "Anchor Clanker" friend of mine. If so, they *all* tell a story we don't often get to see through our own media coverage. You're right...This particular one brings a special meaning to the efforts of the FPP! Thanks for posting!