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“It can be very lonely,” Mrs Fairfax said of the soldiers’ plight.
“Morale has to be kept high,” Colonel E.P. “Pete” Luke of Sperryville said, adding it seems much of the general public has “forgotten” the men and women in the Persian Gulf.
“It may be somewhat easier for those that are young and single,” he said of the soldiers’ condition. “It is more of an adventure,” he added, reflecting back to the early days when he was stationed in Europe. “It’s harder for a married man with a family,” he said, remembering his own time away from his family. “Those letters from family are very important.”
“It lets the soldier know there is someone on the other side that cares about them and about what happens to them,” Col. Dieter Knuepfer of Flint Hill said. The WWII and Vietnam veteran remembers the mail call days well.
“It’s difficult when you are out there for mail call and everyone’s name gets called but yours,” he said with a sadness bom of first-hand experience.
“For this reason letters get traded and should be kept short, social and newsy,” he said, adding writers should refrain from alluding to politics and gas prices as each soldier knows well the politics of the situation and need not be reminded. “Stay away from politics and don’t demoan the fact that they are where they are,” he said, adding often a bunch of short letters from home are much more rewarding for the receiver than one long letter.
“My family was a great writing family,” he said, adding letters came often and were treasured. “You are always anx
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