Did they write letters to soldiers later when they went to war? Perhaps.
I personally had 2 soldier pen-pals. One served in the Air Force in Korea in the 50s. And the other was in the Coast Guard on isolated duty in the Aleutians of Alaska for a year, and then I married him when he returned to civilization. Sorry, no pictures remain. But I did enjoy our correspondences.
Check Sepia Saturday HERE for more about soldiers and writing correspondence.
In high school we wrote letters to soldiers in Vietnam. I got a response from someone who wanted to continue writing but my parents wouldn't let me. They thought he sounded a bit too forward.
ReplyDeleteThat a shame you didn't save the letters.
ReplyDeleteMy brother joined the U.S. Navy during the time of the Vietnam War & our family went to the airport to see him off where I met a fellow in the Green Berets who was also leaving. He seemed very nice & he asked if he could write to me so I gave him my mailing address & we exchanged several letters over the next few months. He wrote to tell me he was flying in to San Francisco & wanted to come see me, but when he got there, I got a telephone call from him saying he'd been arrested for some stupid thing, which he never quite explained, & was in jail and could I please come bail him out? And that was the end of that relationship, pen-pal or othewise. Whew!
ReplyDeleteThose are very smart uniforms the young ladies are wearing. What an unusual name your mother has, but very pretty one.
ReplyDeleteSwords, even ceremonial ones, used to be required for all kinds of military displays. Even women cadets used to have them I think.
ReplyDeleteI did write to a friend who was in the army and in Germany during the Vietnam war. I have a Christmas card he sent from there that I forgot all about until just now! Maybe I should post it.
ReplyDeleteSo what are the uniforms the women are wearing. Are they some form of cadets ?
ReplyDeleteThey sure look pretty in such lovely uniforms!
ReplyDeleteI agree with others, they are lovely uniforms.
ReplyDeleteDid you know your husband prior to writing to him or was he a random pen pal? When I was in primary school I had a couple of pen pals that the school had chosen (a german girl and a boy from Singapore).
"Pen Pal"
ReplyDeleteNow there's a term that would get us one of those condescending stares followed by a disdainful roll of the eyes from most of today's youth. An easier time back then, in many ways.
They are very smart uniforms those girls are wearing indeed!
ReplyDeleteHi, have been reading and posting comments, but forgot to reply to them. A question about my correspondence with my future husband...yes I met him and spent at least 2 evenings with him before we began writing letters.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what the girl cadets were called, and how they related to the many young men who were marching about...or why.