" It seems to bring home the fact that we aren't just dumped out here in a rather un-attractive desert and told to get on with the fighting, but that we are preventing the further spoilations of our own homes. I hate to think of you worrying about me, really it is not necessary - you probably imagine all sorts of things happening that exist more in the minds of verbose war correspondents than in actual fact."
This man, in particular, was writing to his mother, and I know the assignment was to write about the soldier's frustration, but while I was reading the letter I could only think of his mother's.
Without all of the communication we have now, like Twitter, Facebook, Texting, Phones, and E-mail; I couldn't imagine what the family and friends of theses men we're feeling. If it were me, I would have been losing my mind for the time that they were away for the fear of something bad happening. Normally, I'd say that the technological advances of today have taken over the world, but after reading this letter I'm quite thankful of how easy they've made it to keep in touch with friends and family around the world.
