An Old Christmas Card

 

On December 19, 1945, my father was with the Sixth Division in Korea and wrote a short note to my mother back in Indiana, full of longing to be home, and hoping she received the Christmas package he had sent earlier. I found this when re-organizing some family history stuff.

With this, let me wish everyone a very happy and blessed Christmas and a light-filled Hanukkah, especially to every soldier far away from home; and thanks for their service to all the Ricochet veterans who may have sent similar funky cards to loved ones from places exotic or random.

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  1. David Wilder Thatcher
    David Wilder
    @DavidWilder

    AMEN !

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  2. michael johnson Inactive
    michael johnson
    @michaeljohnson

    thanks for the post…I did not even know that we had a whole division in Korea at the time…many best wishes to you and your family…..

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  3. The Scarecrow Thatcher
    The Scarecrow
    @TheScarecrow

    Dang, I wish I could make it bigger; it looks fascinating.

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  4. Kate Braestrup Member
    Kate Braestrup
    @GrannyDude

    AMEN! And—“Little My!” Tove Jannsson!
    Little My was my role model when I was a little kid.

    God Jul!

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  5. Phil Turmel Inactive
    Phil Turmel
    @PhilTurmel

    @littlemy, posted media defaults to a thumbnail size.  If you edit the picture in the post, you can choose a larger size for your audience to view.  Pretty please? (-:

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  6. Sweezle Inactive
    Sweezle
    @Sweezle

    What a family treasure! TY for sharing it.

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  7. Locke On Member
    Locke On
    @LockeOn

    My father was USN and was in Jensen (your ‘landed here’ location) for a couple of months in 1946.  We still have his family letters from that time.

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