"Dear John"

"Dear John"

Almost as feared as the enemy bullet was the "Dear John" letter. I took this photo of a buddy the night he got one. I don't remember his name but it could have been almost any of us at one time or another. Hardly a week went by without somebody getting one. Mail call was often referred to as the "Dear John" roundup. I always wondered if the people back home who wrote them had any idea how psychological devastating they were.