tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575055354011824639.post3608055578591576275..comments2023-10-09T09:23:27.905-04:00Comments on The Veteran Experience - by Ben Shaw: Writing Our HistoryBen Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08280885836684955658noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575055354011824639.post-75904419739916300882009-04-17T21:13:00.000-04:002009-04-17T21:13:00.000-04:00When I discovered the letters that my parents wrot...When I discovered the letters that my parents wrote to each other in WWll, I realized that the letters to my dad from my mother and the folks back home was the medicine that kept him alive in D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge.<br /><br /> Ben is right on with this. Please consider writing a servicemember a letter. It's easy, takes very little time, costs pennies and can make a HUGE difference in a servicemembers day.<br />Unlike email, a letter can be touched, smelled, folded up and tucked away only to be read and reread again.<br /><br />If Pam and Jim would have emailed each other during the Vietnam War, do you think they would have made a reconnection years later?<br /><br />I doubt it.Sarahnoreply@blogger.com