LETTERS FROM HOME

There’s only one thing, which can brighten our day
That’s a letter from home so far away.
As we open each letter, package of card
It lightens our load and makes it less hard.
The news from back home is always good news;
To hear of our loved ones, family and friends
Makes us more thankful of serving for them;
And helps us to know we’ll serve to the end.
Each day when Mail Call comes around,
We eagerly wait and see what we’ll get.
Everyone is hoping and thinking, of course
That certainly, their loved ones didn’t forget.
There’s always a few who seem to get none,
Hoping tomorrow will bring at least one.
It seems like such a small favor to ask;
Don’t you remember me as you did in the past?
As we write home, we are led to believe
That our families take pride in our serving this land.
There’s very little glory infighting a war
But what we’re to win is worth fighting for.
So as you sit down at the end of the day,
Write just one letter to a friend far away.
It brightens his day and makes him feel better
To know that someone has sent him a letter. 
                                Stars & Stripes

Below, you will find some of the leaflets I found along trails, newspaper clippings I received from home, or found in the Press & Standard that had some significance or reference to people at home, or little momento I gathered during my tour.