John Michael Montgomery - Letters From Home (Official Music Video)
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2019
- You're watching the official music video for John Michael Montgomery's "Letters From Home" from the album 'Letters From Home' (2004).
John Michael Montgomery has turned an uncanny ability to relate to fans into one of country music’s most storied careers.
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I’m a Vietnam veteran, two tours but never got letters from home. Used to envy the guys at mail call. My mom couldn’t write and my dad didn’t care. But he made me a good father by his poor example. Thanks dad. USMC64-68
Thank you for everything you have done for me and my country 🇺🇸 😉
Nam vets don't get the credit they deserve. A lot never wanted to go, but were forced to go. My dad joined before his number was called so he got to chose what branch to go into. Even Navy, he got 2 purple hearts from Nam. He might be an old fart (he's my dad, i can call him that) but he is a great man. I am proud to be a Navy brat in a family with a long military history.
It was a bad time when we came home. Called us baby killers, spat on us, protested against us. I was a 17 year old boy when I went to Nam. I was doing what I signed up for, for my country. I’m glad these young guys were treated like they are hero’s. Remember you can hate the war but not the warriors.
Welcome home, Marine. Good to see you. Thank you for protecting our way of life. Much ❤️
@@streganonna Thank you so much, I kissed the runway at El Toro and was proud to have served my country. It saddens me to see the state of our country now
I am an Iraq War veteran. I remember getting the care packages from Mom and reading the letters to the guys. I remember stopping writing because we always were in the shit, but the letters never stopped coming in. I remember my mother becoming Mom to the folks that had my back when I needed them the most. I am a blessed man. My father has passed on, and my mother has Alzheimer's...and yet I am still blessed. I feel my parent's love everyday. I feel the strength they instilled in me so that I can be the man that I can. Thank you Mom and Dad. Thank you for those letters from home.
Words I’ll never forget from my Dad when I was in Afghanistan, “Son, I don’t have much to say but I just wanted to make sure that you got something for Mail Call.”
Thank you for your service
thank you for your service. God bless❤
What a sweet post. You must be a sweet person like your folks. Best wishes.
THANK YOU D SMITH FOR YOUR SERVICE I AM NOT AFRAID TO CALL OUT A PEICE OF SHIT WHO DOES NOT STAND WITH OUR FLAG OR WHO DISRESPECTS IT
I never served a war. But I love my country, and would do anything to defend her. God bless the letters from home.
Thank you to all the men and women who serve and have served ❤
This really touches home. When I was in Iraq in 06-07 my mom and dad were the only ones to write me letters every month. When I returned to the states my father was the first to hug me and tell me how proud of me he was of me. We lost him this past August 2020. Thank you dad.
Rest easy
Hero well raised by a good man
And mom
Thank you for your service, I am so sorry for the loss of your father.
Thanks for your service!!! God bless ya
Where dad speaks, tears me up everytime.
Every single time
I won't lie. That line is the reason I listen to this song. Listening to him say he's proud makes me cry because is sad that many children don't hear that from their parents, and even though this song may be fictional, the emotions are not.
Never fails.
Me too 😢
Dude. Every single time. Literally just cried listening to it.
Yup I've heard this every year as an old soldier and it still gets me once the dad's part enters the song..if anyone else is listening now, thank you my brothers and sisters I love you all.
Thank you for your service 🙏🇺🇸
Thank you for your service.
Thank you for your service
Thank you for your service
OORAH
This song and letters from war still makes me emotional. As a young kid from the ghetto I never thought a country song would touch me. After 4 deployments and close calls it changed me. Putting my life on the line with my brothers and sisters in arms from all corners of the country changed things😢. Losing people called things. A simple letter made me feel like there was something worth smiling for at times smh. Most of us never heard our loved ones tell us how much they loved us until those phone calls or letters…
This song tells a true story… from start to finish
You’ll never hear this enough, but Thank you.!! We’ve never met, but I’m very grateful! Thank you…!
The funny thing is we were brothers and sisters all along. We just needed to be reminded. God bless you!
You have brothers and sisters you don't know. Keep the faith brother
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Thank you for your service my brother
I am a Vietnam veteran and this song bring a tear to my eye and an ache to my heart every time I hear it Letters from home meant EVERYTHING. And the letter from dad is so touching. I remember my first letter from my dad
Glad you are home now ,are Military is and will always be the best ,you keep us free,you make us proud ,Thank you ,Michael ,,,because of you were are free
God bless you for your service! Coming from OIF veteran. You guys are badasses in my book🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
One of the few times my dad said he was proud of me was before I took the bird to basic, and when I graduated and got sent to my unit. First time I ever saw my old man cry, it was so hard walking into that plane
My grandfather was in the Korean war and Vietnam my uncle was in Vietnam and was shot in the back and survived. Now my cousin is in airborne infantry he's stationed in Alaska after he does his time in Alaska he'll be shipped off to Afghanistan
@@Charles.Spillman
This old vet wishes your cousin the best. My dad served 3 years in the Pacific in WW2, my uncles was killed in Korea, both me and my brother served in Nam, and my son just retired after 23 years in the Air Force. God please protect all our service members, where ever they might be
I hate that this generation doesn’t show enough love to the veterans. I hope it changes soon.
I was a USMC Postal Clerk! It always hits home when I hear this song and read the comments. Proud of all my military brothers and sisters!
T
To be there is hazardous!
Usually I don’t comment on videos but I just said goodbye to my husband and watched him say goodbye to our not even 2 month old daughter while fighting back tears so that he can deploy and give humanitarian aide to Afghan refugees and we don’t know when or if we’ll even see him again and it is one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do and all I can do is be strong for my daughter and just pray that he comes home alive
It’s currently 5am and I’ve been up since 2am just hoping to have a text or something from him while I cling to the only shirt that smells like him while I’m visiting family and crying wondering what I’ll do and what stories I’ll tell my daughter if he doesn’t make it back
God bless
Just read your post, 2 years after you wrote it.
Tell me please, is he back safe, being with you and your daughter?
I hope you are all fine.
God bless you, and God bless him for his service!
I hope he came home❤️❤️
I wrote my brother every other day while he was there. Didn't find out til 2 weeks after he got wounded
I'm a veteran and this song is very special to me. It's very special to get a letter from home. It does keep you driving on. Thanks, John Michael Montgomery.
Thank you for your service. I cant image what you saw.
God bless you and thank you for your service
Im thousands of miles away But i say thankyou God Bless I love letters from home awesome song. Take care Jenny 😘🌟🌞💕
thank you for your service! Very much appreciated!
Thank you for your service soldier
I was deployed to Iraq three times and receiving handwritten letters was one of my favorite things during downtime. Even an email would be nice. I almost cried listening to this song.
HooRah boss
Hooah Brother I was in the box '04-'05 OIF 2-12 Cav 1CD
I hear you. This is on the list of songs I have to listen to alone. Two 9 month deployments
Thank you for everything you have done for use. It's not unseen
My cousin is in airborne infantry he's being stationed in Alaska then Afghanistan after basics he finishes June 12th
My Dad was 31 years in USMC. Receiving letters when he did 2 tours in Vietnam and 1 tour in Desert Storm was his saving grace , he has said. He still has them from my mother and from us, 5 daughters. Love you dad. Thankyou to all veterans.
The part when the father writes the letter hits really close to home
Truth
It's always the hardest part of the song
I wrote that letter for my son in 2013 when he was in Afghanistan he made it back and I got to see him graduate from college in 2019 god bless
It hits hard for me too
No matter how tough and unemotional he might seem on the outside, a dad loves his boys more than could ever be put into words. I've learned this because I have two myself and they just consume 100% of my heart every day. It takes becoming a dad to really understand that kind of love. God bless all the dads out there, and our boys, overseas and safe at home.
Remember waiting for letters in Vietnam. My dad was a Marine in WWII & Korea, my kid brother was in the first Gulf War and Iraq & Afghanistan. Lost him May 29, 2011. Until Valhalla
Thank you and your family for your service. I am so sorry for your loss.
Me and my best buddy listened to this song one last time before he left to bootcamp a couple weeks ago, never truly realized how valuable a true friendship is, been missing the guy and this song makes me tear up
Thanks for the love my special fan
This guy is a legend who needs to make a big comeback. This music needs reintroduced to this generation.
So true
I hear you, my friend. He could team up with his brother. John Michael and Eddie Montgomery will be ass kicking!
@@scottfisher7478 Absolutely!!!
Nah, we need to introduce my generation to good music in general,
@@80srocker67 😁
"cause there aint nothing funny when a soldier cries" that line always get me
Same
Honestly . Cause it’s rare af and if you get the chance to see one of em cry you know somn happened that was bad enough to either bring memories back , or they just broke from pretendin to be strong for so long
Different war ,same hurt
I haven't served but this song tears me up every time. God bless the troops and thank you.
Songs like this are the reasons I will always be a dyed in the wool country music fan (76 years old). No other music hits the heart like this one by John Michael Montgomery. Especially the way our country is now with our democracy on the line in November. God bless our Vets and all the sacrifices they make. Gerry in Asheville, NC.
I haven’t been home since Christmas of 2019, getting packages truly makes my day, hopefully I get to go home for Christmas with all this covid stuff happening, as weak as I sound, this tanker just wants to hug his ma and pa. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t cry when I heard this song, it truly reminds me of home
Thank you so much for your service, I truly grateful..
Love you buddy, thanks for standing tall for us. God bless!
i hope u get home
You’re a hero!
Get home safe, man.
This Marine cries every time when listening to this song, and she ain't ashamed.
💯❤ Thank you for what you do!
Thank you for everything you’ve done for us and I’m thinking of joining the marines after high school
This ex navy man is a piece of shit and got thrown out befor he could serve his country. Thanks for being a better man/woman then ill ever be
AMEN,,,TO ALL MARINES,AND ALL MILITARY
God bless you I'm 15 I'm going to be a marine I'm going to go to Paris island at 17 but thank you for your service
For anyone who has had a loved one deployed and know they are in danger this really hits home. I think it's harder on the family waiting and wondering about their safety that it is for the soldier. You were dearly missed by us Rich but thank god you came home safe. And yes , always proud of you son.....Dad.
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My Baby bro was in Iraq and Afganistan, he was the reason I got on a computer to talk to him, my Hero!
This soldier cries everytime he listens to this song, and I ain’t ashamed
Thank you so much for your service. 🇺🇲
@@dezyraehausmann8651 my pleasure 🇺🇸
Thank you for your service.
Don’t have to be a soldier for this song to make you cry. Very touching and sobering song.
@@ethanweeter2732it hits different when you are a soldier and hear this song. Yes both sides can be emotional but when your in our boots it’s a whole different feeling
I was in the Army for 5 years before I was medically discharged. I have to say that there is nothing that means more to a soldier than a letter from home.
Thank You from my family to you.
Thank you Marine for watch over us ,
Amen Brother, 3 USMC and 12 US Army, I'd do it all again. Best people I ever met in my life.
Thank you for serving
Sorry to hear that
My husband ( Retired Army) cried to this song. Welcome Home Sir and All of You out there. Aloha ( love),from Honolulu, Hawaii byways of Waikiki.
Hey Charlettea how are you doing today???
This song really hit home hard. I served twenty-plus years and deployed on numerous occasions but I never got a letter from home. I was married and had a family but because of my wife, who could not stand me, even the children's letters were blocked. My deployments were arduous as a combat engineer. Long days and longer nights, made more complex with no mail. I recall being shot at and I stood, rather than hitting the dirt, praying my suffering would be brought to a swift and violent end. When I returned from deployments there was no one waiting and had to get rides home from other members of the unit. Everyone needs to know that someone cares for them. I have never known that feeling. So, if you know someone in the military, working abroad, or crosstown let them know that they matter. Send a letter, send some love.
Hey Brother. Just letting you know that you have my support, and I thank you for your Service, Sir. Praying for you! God Bless you!🙏✝️💯👍
I cant fathom how that feels. I served back in '81 and even though I wasnt home with my family, I had my military brothers right there along side me just like you did. Thank you for your service. God bless.
My son is active duty army and i know how much our letters mean to him. I'm so very sorry no one wrote to you. Thank you for your service, you're in my prayers.
Thank u for your services there here and everywhere,God bless u n yours forever my friend in spirit😅
Most civilians don't know what love is anymore. The bond between brothers we experienced in the service, knowing your life is in their hands and their life is in yours and being willing to do anything and everything to make sure your buddy gets to go home, including giving your own life... that's love. Love is selfless. It isn't for the one who loves, it's a gift you give to the one who is loved, expecting nothing in return. Civilians today are too selfish to understand that concept. They think love is something you get, not something you give. The only thing that compares is a parents love for a child, but these days even that is falling victim to selfishness with parents seeing their children as property or as just extensions of themselves.
It sounds like a lot of doom and gloom, but what I am trying to say is that even though your wife didn't love you like she should, she will likely never know real love, but you have and in that way you have already won. I love you, brother, and so do millions of other men and women who have served like you and I have served and we would never forsake you because that bond is for life.
In 33 years of life I've seen my Dad shed tears about three times. Two of those occasions were because of him being afraid for me. One of those two times was when I left for Army basic training 14 years ago. Still sticks with me today, and I'm grateful for the emotion he showed that told me how much he really cared about me.
My teacher played this song for a lyrics project at my school and I was fighting tears. All veterans and service members of the USA thank you so much. God bless America🇺🇸🇺🇸
My brother served in the Navy for 9 years & passed in a drunk driving car crash in 2005. I was only 12. I wanna cry every time I hear this song! Thank you to all the men & woman who serve & have served! I miss my brother so much! I'd give anything to hug him one more time ❤😥
Hey Tabitha how are you doing today???
I believe even now he watching over you
I don't know why I am tearing up reading these lines of yours.
For some reason, I strongly 💪 believe that your brother is in Heaven and very happy 😊,
And all you have to do is talk to him before you go to sleep 😴, then, he will come to you and talk to you in your dream sweet 😋 dream 😴 💤 🛏...!...
i listened to this song everyday since my solider has been deployed. he's coming back in 6 weeks and the letters im so happy to send him. i cry every time i listen this song, "I'll be alright i'm just missing you"
As a Gulf War vet and really any vet can relate to this song. Those letters were our connection to the world, as we called it. In the Gulf it took a long time to get them. The highlight of the day was mail call. I wrote to my father one day, normally I'd write to my mother, pops was a rock, no emotion. But I had to let him know he was the reason I was who I was and why I could deal with the situation I found myself in. I didn't know if I'd come home, so I had to tell him. He wrote back, i could tell it was difficult. I still have my father and mother with me, so I am still lucky.... I asked my mother once I got home, so what did my dad say when he got my letter? She said, I told him, hey, here's a letter from Ray for you. She handed it to him, he slowly opened it and started to read it, his eyes watered, he said, I'll be right back, he got his keys and took the letter and drove off. She told me, he didn't want her to see him cry. He came back and his rock look smoothened. Thanks for the song and thanks pops.
Listening to this song in 2020 really makes it hit different. The lack of respect our country holds for our military members shows how much we have degraded as a country
Wish I could give this comment a hundred likes
yes it does, goes to show what we have now and what we had then is really a lot.
I will always respect all the soldiers they fight for our freedom
Couldn't agree more. It is depressing the utter disrespect for the people who protect us.
@@vibez750 Gonna get worse 01/21 fuck biden
I love this song....I tear up every time I hear it. God Bless the men and women who serve their country. 🇺🇸
God bless you for supporting us
I don't want to make a ww3 joke but this is the worst time for my bother to become a merine
Mindy Gleghorn marine*
I love this beautiful God bless you John Michael Montgomery: )
Same
I’m no soldier but I cry every time this song comes on. His voice sounds like my granddad and I’ve never once heard him say he was proud of me. The last part always gets me
USMC vet here, lost my best friends in Afghanistan, just want to let people know, those letters from home are what gave me, and every man in my squad, the courage to go out and do what we had to, so if you have friends or children in the military, write every single chance you get.
I'll never get another letter from home. Love your Mom and Dad while you still can.
If you're active duty and deployed, DM me your mailing address, two of my coworkers have kids that I'm almost certain would enjoy writing to you. Hell, I'm not much of a writer, but I may even do so myself.
@@chadbrochill175 aw that’s nice of you
From the Dad of a Canadian Soldier, thanks to all of you, US and Canada. God Bless boys...
My husband died Active Duty Military. He was Army. It makes me think of him Everytime… Me and his little babygirl miss him everyday. R.I.P SGT WILLIAM MCDONALD
Im on deployment right now and just got a letter from my girlfriend and this song almost made me cry my dad died when I was 14 and I just wish he would tell me he was proud of me 😔
I'm proud of you.
He watching you from heaven with pride.
I may not know you personally, but I am proud of you 🥲 My son is 3 weeks out from finishing boot camp for the Marines Corps. This makes me sad because he will never hear those words from his father. You are not alone, your Father is smiling down from heaven, and very proud of you. Keep your head up and Thank you so much for your service ♥️
If your dad was here I’m sure he would be proud of you. Thank you for your service.
As a father. I'm proud of you, so is your dad. I promise you. My dad told me he was proud rthe night I left for Iraq. And I cryed like a baby on that bus ride to Hunter Army Airfield
This goes out to everyone who has served or is serving now. Thank y'all so much y'all I appreciate what you do for everyone. God bless all of y'all and be safe💕 🙏🏼
Hey Cori how are you doing today????
I'm a Desert Storm vet and I can confirm that letters and care packages meant more to me than anything else, even a phone call at times. This is a great song that I feel touches every soldier regardless of the war/conflict that you served in.
You’ll never hear it enough, but Thank you! We’ve never met but I appreciate you!
thank you to all who have served. This country is the land of the free because of the brave. God bless you all.💙
I am a combat vet. Song still hits me hard. I still have all the letters I got.
you sir are a hero God bless you Them letter from home are what makes a soldier's day
im not a vet at all, and yet, this song hits me. you have my utmost respect
Right there with you man hits harder than. Ever
America shall Always Keep Up Doing the Good Work!
It Has To!
No Compromise and No Regrets!
We United States of America and United Nations Blues Allies Win... Again!
British Spooks Cannot Stop US!
America Serves America For America!
And We Always Win!
🇺🇲🇺🇳🇺🇦😎✌️⚡🦂🗽
Also a vet. Those letters are what makes what we do worth it.
My first deployment to Iraq was rough, this song sums it up in a few minutes... god bless America and every single citizen living here 🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇸
💋 💯
@@chrisrohls4853 hey you can't blame a guy for having a baby face lmao.
@@chrisrohls4853 I’m 24. I was getting groceries and an employee seriously asked where my mother was because she thought I was like 10 and left alone to grocery shop. Granted I am 5 feet tall but
Thank you for your service.
To all the men and women that are putting their lives at risk to fight for our country, thank you for your service
I appreciate everyone of you who served this great country and fought for the liberties we enjoy everyday .. as a father, this video gets me every time
Currently sending my son letters every few days while he’s in basic ♥️ Patiently waiting for the letters back
Hey Tara how are you doing today????
God bless your son
U😅u
Basic was th worst for our son. The worst was mail call and a soldier's name wasn't called. PM me so I can brighten a soldiers day.
Well I hope you get those letters from yer boy lettin ya know he’s doin gud
This song hit me hard the first time I heard it. I was commuting with a buddy of mine to work and I started crying. Couldn’t help it. This goes out to my brothers in Ft Drum NY. 2/22 infantry Bravo co. Deeds not words.
PG&ErShmekel Shmugglers live near fort drum. God bless our boys
Climb to Glory brother! Triple Deuce on the Loose!
1BCT A co 2-22 Deeds not words
God bless them
thank u all 4 listing 2 us. sk1 usnret nmcb 5 headqarters company 3rd plattoon, right guard.
I had 2 uncles killed in a drone strike in Syria. I miss them everyday ❤️❤️
Rest their souls 🙏
Robert lee bedwell
God bless them both!
three big greens
Kolby I'm sorry. I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes hearing this and reading your post. Know that your uncles loved you and you will see them in Glory.
I secretly listen to this drunk when my wife is asleep and drink one with my brothers on the back porch.
You're not the only one brother... Cheers 🍻
Iii8ig
I’m sober but I’ll definitely leave a cold one for your brother on my back porch.
I’m by myself right now in a room retired from the army in 04 don’t drink no more but get me a little bit tonight and just thinking of you love you guys can’t drink like we used to but cheers
Cheers
I had the pleasure of meeting the gentleman that wrote this song. He recounted a story of parents he met in Europe who lost their son in the middle east. The father said this was he and his son's song.
Semper Fi my brothers in arms.
I may be retired but this song inspired me to pull out the old letters I received from mom many years ago. 👍🏽
Thank you for the memories mom!🙏🏽
Best letters ever!
I tear up everytime I hear this song. The Dad part is the hardest to hear. But the Mom part hits the closest to home. My mother wrote to me almost every single day I was in. It would be about important things and sometimes the mundane. Like the weather. She did the same for my father. He was reserves. But for the 26 years he served, anytime he was gone she pulled out her trusty notepad and wrote him ❤
Thank you for your service.
Hey Melanie how are you doing today???
@@barblivi Bless her!
I don't care how old you are or what you do for a living it's every man's dream to hear his dad say he's proud of you. I wish me and my father were that close
I give thanks to him every day for his services as a dad
It’s really the part with his Dad seeing him as baby across from him then he disappears. As a father it’s so emotional for me to see pictures of my kids young and now teenagers. It goes by fast, cherish every single interaction.
The third verse brings me to tears everytime when the dad writes you make me proud. I didnt get that from my dad until I joined.
“Son you make me proud” that will make any man shed a tear. My dad taught me everything I know
Thank you all for your service. God bless you and god bless the USA
Happy Veterans Day to everyone who has served have a blessed day
There was nothing better than getting letters from home , loved ones and supporting people.... thank you for the support from the first desert storm time until i was put out from thec a n g , here in Fresno.... it was worth it... even nowafter my dad's passing in 2018....
I can't watch this without crying. The "Son, you make me proud..." Man, gets me every time.
I am a sixty five year old man. Every time I hear this perfect song I fricken cry and I don’t know why never served. Maybe something with me an my dad. Took care of mom and Dad for their last nine years with
Alhieniers
The 500 dislikes where crying and missed the like.
THANK YOU!!!!!! I always bawl... but managed to hit the "like".. :)
99.9%
"Ain't nothing funny when a soldier cries".
Soldiers never cry. They just pee with their eyes.
What about a Marine?
true but funny at the same time
Damn right it's not funny
@@SuperColonel91 think they meant to say Marines don't die, they just go to Hell and regroup..
Thank You to all thats served or is serving 💪🏻💪🏻
I'm a combat vet. I remember them letters from my mom and my boys saying shit. I can't ever get thru this song without tears. It hits home !
Ohhhh memories
No one who didn’t go through it doesn’t understand
I listened to this song, every day, when my husband was deployed. Praying 🙏 he would make it back home to me. He did. Still makes me cry, 14 years later. God Bless our troops. 🇺🇸 Lord please keep them. 🙏
With me being out of the Marine Corps, every time I hear this song, I end up in tears because I can relate to this
I'm a cold war vet n I get teary eyed remembering Everytime I hear this
I remember getting the letters from home when I was in the Army and now I’m sending those letters from home to my son in Germany! Still brings me to tears. Happy Veterans Day to all my fellow veterans and those serving now!
Thank you to everyone who has served
The part about his father sending a letter makes me tear up every time.
My son just shipped off to Bootcamp 3 weeks ago and I have only written twice. His Mom writes him every day but I find it hard to say what is in my heart. I’m going to try my best to get better at this because he’s my pride and joy and I couldn’t be prouder. I did my best teaching him how to be a respectful young man and we were always riding horses or playing baseball but once he found his girlfriend we kind of stopped hanging out. I miss him dearly and I told him I’m proud of him. I don’t know what makes it hard for a Dad to express his feelings but I’m working on it.Apologies for the long comment.
I make it a point that when ever I see someone with a veterans hat on or in a military uniform I thank them for their service. On occasion if I can afford it I'll pay for their meal. Makes me happy when I find that someone else has already paid for it it tells me I'm not the only one who is grateful for these guy and gals!
My dad told me that you would need me but I believe your pride will prohibit such a righteous action
Anyone else start bawlin at the end of this song? I'm a civilian, but know that a simple letter from home makes the difference between a normal day and a good day.
GAAAYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!
Hey! Im from Romania, we have american troops here! We love them. Thanks America for all the support.
I'm worried he'll try to leave as soon as they can I wish you had to get out of Romania anyway probably one of the most depressing places on Earth I mean seriously doesn't even this the sun Don't Even Shine there and up until at least 20 years ago for walking around landmines they were planted 70 years prior and what is with all the old storage dumps that have World War 1 mustard gas and other stuff is starting to leak in like contaminate the water in case you're coming out with flippers stuff like that almost as bad as flutamide and experimental garbage
As a mom to a solider who did 2 tours in Iraq and 1 in Afghanistan, this song tore my heart out every time I heard it. He's still in Army and it still hurts my heart.
God bless u! Ur a great Mom!
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It is true, a letter from home over there is like gold.
This song is so incredible.. i am a Veteran who was deployed in 2002 to kuwait for the surge into Iraq in 2003. Seeing all these comments from my fellow veterans means so much. This song 20 years later still gets to me every time i hear it. This song brings back those feelings of comradery in shitty situations that i have come to miss so much from my brothers in arms. Things were no joke during that time. We had a lot of laughs and tears from those letters but they brought us closer together when the shit was shitty. Thanku to everyone of my veteran brothers and sisters, you are family to me
My niece's husband introduced me to this song. When he was a Ranger 1st Lt. in Afghanistan several years ago, and I got a bunch of the people at my marina to pitch in and put together a huge care package for him and his men (several packages actually - people really came through) and I and several of my friends enclosed thank you notes and we sent them off. After the stuff got there, I heard from my niece who relayed thanks, and told me he wanted me to look up this song. He also wanted the addresses of everyone who helped with this, and he and his men wrote thank yous to every one of them. But the one that gets me the most is still hanging on one of my best friend's walls. It came from a Corporal who said he was an only child and enlisted after his single mother died - so he basically never got mail. After that, he got letters from Bob or his wife every week. And when their unit returned, they made the trip to be there to greet him when he got home. He is almost like an adopted son to them now. I never experienced this in the Navy - because submarines don't get mail - but I can relate, and this song always gets me.
Thanks for sharing this touching story. Please give a huge thank-you to Bob or his wife for being such wonderful people and give this soldier some family love.
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I finally got to meet the guy - he is a Sergeant 1st Class now, and seems like a great guy. They must have done something right, because he took his leave here in Michigan a couple of years ago - he is from Alabama, and we all went sailing together on Lake Michigan. But the beauty of military service, and something I miss, is that you always have a family - you are surrounded by brothers and sisters - even if you don't always like them sometimes. Whatever else he has, he will always have that.
Oh my gosh, I can very much relate to that story. My son is a Marine who thankfully has tons of support. However, I do know not all do. When us Marine mommas find out someone isn't getting mail and packages, we rally. The internet is great in that aspect. Someone's son or daughter writes home that so and so has no one, that momma posts it on our group and then they have a thousand families. That person ends up getting probably more than the rest because we ALL feel the need to "adopt" them. I love this family that my son has drafted me into.
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That is wonderful! Thank you for doing that! I never thought in those terms (not being a "momma") but just a vet, but I realized the impact when I saw this young man who used to had no one "adopting" Bob and Crystal as his parents. I never thought about this, because where I was, no one got letters from home - unless we were back ashore, then we got letters or more often phone calls. But then, we were not in the close confines of a sub, or combat environment, and you didn't notice the guy who got nothing.
So you "mommas" keep it up - having lost mine last October I know more than ever how important you are.
@@pdoylemi it's one of the things we do best and love every minute of it. Also, thank you for your service Sir.
God bless any service members 🙏
Vietnam era vet stationed overseas. I remember getting letters from home... and the first phone call from me to my mom at Christmas... my first away from home. She cried... and that made me cry. The guy who made the international calls gave the people who worked that Christmas Eve and chance to call home. Christmas Eve 1976. I can tell you - Sir you have no idea how much I appreciated that call as did my mom. I've always remembered that call.
This brought a tear to my eye when it first came out. My child was 3 then and I knew he would grow up to great things, I just didn't know what. He's now 20 and been a Marine for a year and a half. I had forgot all about this until someone shared it in a Marine momma support group. Those tears I shed when it first came out are now full blown sobbing. It hits a bit different when you actually know and feel this in real life.
Hey Jessica how are you doing today???
the part where it shows the picture his son made for his dad just for some reason makes me cry. may all soldiers be proud and be protected
Every single time, it gets to the part of his father telling his son that he is proud.... I lose it.
Missing my Grandson. ❤ please Lord hold this Boys Girls in your beautiful hands this song hitr Grammy s heart
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2023 I am 60 yrs old and still can not listen to this song with out crying ... God bless every man and women that was over there and there families , I'm one of the lucky ones my son came home . I'm so proud of you son and love you more then you will ever know
I believe that somewhere in the world, there are people who feel the same emotions that I feel when I listen to masterpieces like this song.
As a marine, I did two tours in Nam - home was the jungle. At first, we had letters from friends and girlfriends when we got back to our area. As the months rolled into other months, the letters became fewer and fewer until there were none - the war took on its toll on us from back home. When I came in from the bush, and no letters. I would open a warm coke can. Pour some Jack into it and celebrate that no one got hurt or killed on that patrol. This was a life at 20/21 years old. Excellent song, but not my reality. Recon 65-69
The last verse hits me right in the heart every time I hear this song! God bless all the soldiers that serve our country!
I can't listen to this song without tearing up every time. When in boot camp in 1978, I received a letter from my Dad telling me how proud he was of me. He seldom wrote letters but that one was special. I wish I knew where it was. My mom threw out a lot of my stuff over the years.
Thank you very much!!! You’ll never hear it enough! But thank you very much!!
the part where he stats "dear son i aint written" makes me literally cry every time, i waited 26 long years for my dad to say he was proud of me, thats something so little to him, but i'll never forget it, ill never forget where i was, i cried as soon as i hung up the phone, that line has all the power over me.
I remember the letters from home. It was decades before the Internet. I treasured every letter.
Got me through my first deployment. Rough times.
Andrew Sheldrick thank your for ur service. It is really vary appreciated 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Yes, thank you! Very much appreciated! God Bless America 🇺🇸🇺🇸
thank you for your service! Very much appreciated!
Thank You
Thank you for your service soldier, i wanna grow up and fight for our country