Dan was my BIL. He retired from the Navy. He did one unaccompanied deployment - to Diago Garcia. He wrote me often about his time there. The envelopes are tucked into a 'pocket' created with the Christmas card he sent me.
He died several years back and when I was asked to create a patriotic layout for a competition at a local LSS, I knew where I wanted to go with my design. The pages turned out just as I'd planned. The poem was written by his wife as a going away gift when he deployed, leaving her and 2 young children behind.
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Aww Ms Kelly!! This is thoughtful and heartfelt. I'm sure his watching and appreciates these layouts. I love how you added his letters!! I'm sure I will be having many scrapbook layouts of service to our country. For my grandson just enlisted as well as grandnephew just this year. One to the Army and the other to the Air Force . God bless and speed to both for a safe return!!