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JerryOSF Loc: Bristol, VA

jwhphotos wrote:

I was a young Marine and was temporarily in Japan far, far, far away from home. Our only contact with anyone back home was via mail, the kind you write on paper, put in an envelope with a physical address and stamp. The letter would then arrive one or two or three weeks later.

Here is a 60 year old pic of one of my comrades writing home.

jwhphotos Loc: Maryland

vpeek1947 wrote:

I remember Osan, Korea 1969 - two weeks for a letter to get back to the States. Decided to bite the bullet and call my wife on her birthday. 3 Minutes - $50 bucks and they shut it down precisely at the 3-minute mark. It was worth the $50 just to hear her voice - 14 Months was a long separation.

Yes, 14 months is long but I had 3 years during which I was able to make 1 phone call home.

Dave H2

We just celebrated our 60th anniversary so I was at home 60 years ago. A few years before, I was on a carrier in Europe and doing the same thing your friend was doing above.
Best,
Dave

BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England

jwhphotos wrote:

I was a young Marine and was temporarily in Japan far, far, far away from home. Our only contact with anyone back home was via mail, the kind you write on paper, put in an envelope with a physical address and stamp. The letter would then arrive one or two or three weeks later.

Here is a 60 year old pic of one of my comrades writing home.

I did sort of the opposite. In 1943 and 1944, I would right letters to my cousin who was a P.O.W. In a stalag in Germany. He was the radio operator on a B-17 that was shot down. Then I would await his responses.
But when I was in the service during the Korean Conflict I don’t remember ever writing home or to my girl friend (maybe that’s why she eventually became a Nun).
Bud

jwhphotos Loc: Maryland

BudsOwl wrote:

I did sort of the opposite. In 1943 and 1944, I would right letters to my cousin who was a P.O.W. In a stalag in Germany. He was the radio operator on a B-17 that was shot down. Then I would await his responses.
But when I was in the service during the Korean Conflict I don’t remember ever writing home or to my girl friend (maybe that’s why she eventually became a Nun).
Bud

SnoShuSam Loc: Texas, (ex Virginian)

Used to do phone patches via ham radio from St. Paul Island Ak. Mail came in every week via Reeve Aleutian Airline if the flight could get in safely. There was one day the Reeve captain called me on radio and asked about the wx. I told him snowy with a mile visibility. He asked me how long we had been without mail and I told him 3 weeks. Cast. Jim Kelly said, "See you in an hour and a half." He made it and landed safely. The wx closed in and he wouldn't take off he spent the nite with us at the CG station and joined our nightly poker game. He won and we didn't mind at all.
There was a schedule of one Reeve flight a week but wx in the Bering Sea can be really bad some days in the winter.

Bubalola Loc: Big Apple, NY

jwhphotos wrote:

I was a young Marine and was temporarily in Japan far, far, far away from home. Our only contact with anyone back home was via mail, the kind you write on paper, put in an envelope with a physical address and stamp. The letter would then arrive one or two or three weeks later.

Here is a 60 year old pic of one of my comrades writing home.

Unforgettable...