Operation: Letters from Home
Operation: Letters from Home was started on July 14th, 2012 after learning a close friend of Dylan's lost her step brother (Shawn) in Afghanistan at the end of June 2012. Dylan sent a letter through the mail to his friend and her family. After receiving the letter the family knew that Shawn will not be forgotten and his life wont be either. So after that Dylan decided to to write letters to other families of the fallen, and troops (wounded and Active), along with Vets. A few days after starting the page He went to Eden where they had the Moving Vietnam Wall on display. He was there for a few hours looking at the panels, thanking vets, and just watching how each vet reacted differently. Some broke down and cried, others just had a silent moment, while others where just reading the panels and moving along. It truly was a moving sight to see these vets and how they reacted to it. While I was there he met many vets who he continues to talk to and sadly some of them are embarrassed to tell people they were in Nam because they were shamed when they came home. Unlike previous wars with parades, parties, and other events for the troops when they came home, these Vietnam veterans came home to protests, no support and no love. They were called baby killers and treated as such all because of how the media portrayed the war. Let’s face it the media is biased no matter what they say, and will show what they feel like it and not caring what it will do to those displayed in the news. Vietnam was the first wars which media had cameras and were allowed to be on ground with the troops during the firefights. So it is the mission of Operation Letters from Home to make sure that the troops do not loss support while deployed nor when they come home.
Our PartnersOperation Letters from Home has worked with many people with the same mission of supporting the troops! We feel like you should know who we support and follow. Please go to their websites, facebooks, twitters and check them out, like, and follow. Please click the button bellow to be taken to Our Partners page which listed all that we support.
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About UsLearn About Us. Learn who runs Operation: Letters from Home. See who they are and what they have done in life, and why they decided to do this.
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Contact UsDo you have a question, comment, or concern? If so we would love to hear it and reply back.
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Here is our Mission Statement, Constitution, and our By-Laws
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