A few days ago
zsnyder23

Why did soliders carry letters and pictures from loved ones?

Why did soliders carry letters and pictures from loved ones?

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A few days ago
saj_flounder

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You go try to be far from home, in some hellhole that only wants you dead, with no comforts other than your next breath.

Anything to remind you that you are real, and that there is somewhere on this Earth that isn’t awash in the crap you are hip-deep in. That there are people. Beautiful, warm people that are thinking of you and counting on you to come back to them someday. That once your job is done there is something more for you to do than hurt and destroy and fear.

That’s why. From time immemorial to today. That’s why.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
They still DO–my son in Iraq carries a pic of his GF near his heart—-it helps him to feel connected to home.
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A few days ago
Experto Credo
It gave them a reason as to why they were fighting
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A few days ago
Joseph, II
Some do it for “luck”. Others- to help with “homesickness”. And still others- to remind themselves of exactly WHAT it IS they’re “fighting for…”
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A few days ago
Anonymous
to have something to look at when they become nostalgic and sentimental
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A few days ago
lbjrdscl
why not?
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