John Michael Montgomery - Letters From Home (Official Music Video)
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- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2019
- You're watching the official music video for John Michael Montgomery's "Letters From Home" from the album 'Letters From Home' (2004).
John Michael Montgomery has turned an uncanny ability to relate to fans into one of country music’s most storied careers.
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I’m a Vietnam veteran, two tours but never got letters from home. Used to envy the guys at mail call. My mom couldn’t write and my dad didn’t care. But he made me a good father by his poor example. Thanks dad. USMC64-68
Thank you for everything you have done for me and my country 🇺🇸 😉
Nam vets don't get the credit they deserve. A lot never wanted to go, but were forced to go. My dad joined before his number was called so he got to chose what branch to go into. Even Navy, he got 2 purple hearts from Nam. He might be an old fart (he's my dad, i can call him that) but he is a great man. I am proud to be a Navy brat in a family with a long military history.
It was a bad time when we came home. Called us baby killers, spat on us, protested against us. I was a 17 year old boy when I went to Nam. I was doing what I signed up for, for my country. I’m glad these young guys were treated like they are hero’s. Remember you can hate the war but not the warriors.
Welcome home, Marine. Good to see you. Thank you for protecting our way of life. Much ❤️
@@streganonna Thank you so much, I kissed the runway at El Toro and was proud to have served my country. It saddens me to see the state of our country now
I am an Iraq War veteran. I remember getting the care packages from Mom and reading the letters to the guys. I remember stopping writing because we always were in the shit, but the letters never stopped coming in. I remember my mother becoming Mom to the folks that had my back when I needed them the most. I am a blessed man. My father has passed on, and my mother has Alzheimer's...and yet I am still blessed. I feel my parent's love everyday. I feel the strength they instilled in me so that I can be the man that I can. Thank you Mom and Dad. Thank you for those letters from home.
Words I’ll never forget from my Dad when I was in Afghanistan, “Son, I don’t have much to say but I just wanted to make sure that you got something for Mail Call.”
Thank you for your service
thank you for your service. God bless❤
What a sweet post. You must be a sweet person like your folks. Best wishes.
THANK YOU D SMITH FOR YOUR SERVICE I AM NOT AFRAID TO CALL OUT A PEICE OF SHIT WHO DOES NOT STAND WITH OUR FLAG OR WHO DISRESPECTS IT
Where dad speaks, tears me up everytime.
Every single time
I won't lie. That line is the reason I listen to this song. Listening to him say he's proud makes me cry because is sad that many children don't hear that from their parents, and even though this song may be fictional, the emotions are not.
Never fails.
Me too 😢
Dude. Every single time. Literally just cried listening to it.
Thank you to all the men and women who serve and have served ❤
This really touches home. When I was in Iraq in 06-07 my mom and dad were the only ones to write me letters every month. When I returned to the states my father was the first to hug me and tell me how proud of me he was of me. We lost him this past August 2020. Thank you dad.
Rest easy
Hero well raised by a good man
And mom
Thank you for your service, I am so sorry for the loss of your father.
Thanks for your service!!! God bless ya
I am a Vietnam veteran and this song bring a tear to my eye and an ache to my heart every time I hear it Letters from home meant EVERYTHING. And the letter from dad is so touching. I remember my first letter from my dad
Glad you are home now ,are Military is and will always be the best ,you keep us free,you make us proud ,Thank you ,Michael ,,,because of you were are free
God bless you for your service! Coming from OIF veteran. You guys are badasses in my book🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
One of the few times my dad said he was proud of me was before I took the bird to basic, and when I graduated and got sent to my unit. First time I ever saw my old man cry, it was so hard walking into that plane
My grandfather was in the Korean war and Vietnam my uncle was in Vietnam and was shot in the back and survived. Now my cousin is in airborne infantry he's stationed in Alaska after he does his time in Alaska he'll be shipped off to Afghanistan
@@Charles.Spillman
This old vet wishes your cousin the best. My dad served 3 years in the Pacific in WW2, my uncles was killed in Korea, both me and my brother served in Nam, and my son just retired after 23 years in the Air Force. God please protect all our service members, where ever they might be
I never served a war. But I love my country, and would do anything to defend her. God bless the letters from home.
I'm a Desert Storm veteran 1990 - 1991 - raised by a single father that was a truck driver and didn't write but one time he drove his semi to my base after I got back from the war to tell me he was proud of me and shook my hand.
This song and letters from war still makes me emotional. As a young kid from the ghetto I never thought a country song would touch me. After 4 deployments and close calls it changed me. Putting my life on the line with my brothers and sisters in arms from all corners of the country changed things😢. Losing people called things. A simple letter made me feel like there was something worth smiling for at times smh. Most of us never heard our loved ones tell us how much they loved us until those phone calls or letters…
This song tells a true story… from start to finish
You’ll never hear this enough, but Thank you.!! We’ve never met, but I’m very grateful! Thank you…!
The funny thing is we were brothers and sisters all along. We just needed to be reminded. God bless you!
You have brothers and sisters you don't know. Keep the faith brother
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Thank you for your service my brother
Yup I've heard this every year as an old soldier and it still gets me once the dad's part enters the song..if anyone else is listening now, thank you my brothers and sisters I love you all.
Thank you for your service 🙏🇺🇸
Thank you for your service.
Thank you for your service
Thank you for your service
OORAH
This song helped me every step of the way in Marine Corps bootcamp Sep. 21st to Dec 31st 2020. Cried everytime I got a letter, Thanksgiving, birthdays, Christmas, New Years. Seeing my family, seeing the inside of the house, my truck, seeing a pic of the neighborhood, house, yard, it hit like a rock. Coming from a line of Marines all the way down to the Civil War.
Hmmmmm
Thank You
Thank you for your service.
😔😔 thank you for your service glad your back. That is INCREDIBLY sad. I just joined Soldier Angel's program ik gonna be writing deployed soldiers that doesn't get any mail, I only get to write them once BUT that one letter I truly hope makes a difference for something like you went through. I enlisted twice thr first time I was accepted into the Navy I wanted to be a sniper for the Navy and was two weeks away from going to Pensacola for boot camp and my recruiter called and said I sadly couldn't go because I had a daughter and my mom wouldn't sign for FULL custody of my daughter for just in case she only signed for temporary. That was in 2001 and I've NEVER been able to NOT TRY TO DO SOMETHING for the military so I enlisted AGAIN at 38 and I was too old. And still haven't given up and now I'm able to help Soldiers in the position you were in. Bring hope back even if they don't know me. Hearing their names getting called for mail takes away for a second where they are and what's happening.
Mail call was always great. Semper Fi Devil Dog.
This guy is a legend who needs to make a big comeback. This music needs reintroduced to this generation.
So true
I hear you, my friend. He could team up with his brother. John Michael and Eddie Montgomery will be ass kicking!
@@scottfisher7478 Absolutely!!!
Nah, we need to introduce my generation to good music in general,
@@80srocker67 😁
I'm a veteran and this song is very special to me. It's very special to get a letter from home. It does keep you driving on. Thanks, John Michael Montgomery.
Thank you for your service. I cant image what you saw.
God bless you and thank you for your service
Im thousands of miles away But i say thankyou God Bless I love letters from home awesome song. Take care Jenny 😘🌟🌞💕
thank you for your service! Very much appreciated!
Thank you for your service soldier
The part when the father writes the letter hits really close to home
Truth
It's always the hardest part of the song
I wrote that letter for my son in 2013 when he was in Afghanistan he made it back and I got to see him graduate from college in 2019 god bless
It hits hard for me too
No matter how tough and unemotional he might seem on the outside, a dad loves his boys more than could ever be put into words. I've learned this because I have two myself and they just consume 100% of my heart every day. It takes becoming a dad to really understand that kind of love. God bless all the dads out there, and our boys, overseas and safe at home.
This soldier cries everytime he listens to this song, and I ain’t ashamed
Thank you so much for your service. 🇺🇲
@@dezyraehausmann8651 my pleasure 🇺🇸
Thank you for your service.
Don’t have to be a soldier for this song to make you cry. Very touching and sobering song.
@@ethanweeter2732it hits different when you are a soldier and hear this song. Yes both sides can be emotional but when your in our boots it’s a whole different feeling
I secretly listen to this drunk when my wife is asleep and drink one with my brothers on the back porch.
You're not the only one brother... Cheers 🍻
Iii8ig
I’m sober but I’ll definitely leave a cold one for your brother on my back porch.
I’m by myself right now in a room retired from the army in 04 don’t drink no more but get me a little bit tonight and just thinking of you love you guys can’t drink like we used to but cheers
Cheers
I was deployed to Iraq three times and receiving handwritten letters was one of my favorite things during downtime. Even an email would be nice. I almost cried listening to this song.
HooRah boss
Hooah Brother I was in the box '04-'05 OIF 2-12 Cav 1CD
I hear you. This is on the list of songs I have to listen to alone. Two 9 month deployments
Thank you for everything you have done for use. It's not unseen
My cousin is in airborne infantry he's being stationed in Alaska then Afghanistan after basics he finishes June 12th
I haven’t been home since Christmas of 2019, getting packages truly makes my day, hopefully I get to go home for Christmas with all this covid stuff happening, as weak as I sound, this tanker just wants to hug his ma and pa. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t cry when I heard this song, it truly reminds me of home
Thank you so much for your service, I truly grateful..
Love you buddy, thanks for standing tall for us. God bless!
i hope u get home
You’re a hero!
Get home safe, man.
Remember waiting for letters in Vietnam. My dad was a Marine in WWII & Korea, my kid brother was in the first Gulf War and Iraq & Afghanistan. Lost him May 29, 2011. Until Valhalla
Thank you and your family for your service. I am so sorry for your loss.
My Dad was 31 years in USMC. Receiving letters when he did 2 tours in Vietnam and 1 tour in Desert Storm was his saving grace , he has said. He still has them from my mother and from us, 5 daughters. Love you dad. Thankyou to all veterans.
"cause there aint nothing funny when a soldier cries" that line always get me
Same
Honestly . Cause it’s rare af and if you get the chance to see one of em cry you know somn happened that was bad enough to either bring memories back , or they just broke from pretendin to be strong for so long
Me and my best buddy listened to this song one last time before he left to bootcamp a couple weeks ago, never truly realized how valuable a true friendship is, been missing the guy and this song makes me tear up
Thanks for the love my special fan
This song really hit home hard. I served twenty-plus years and deployed on numerous occasions but I never got a letter from home. I was married and had a family but because of my wife, who could not stand me, even the children's letters were blocked. My deployments were arduous as a combat engineer. Long days and longer nights, made more complex with no mail. I recall being shot at and I stood, rather than hitting the dirt, praying my suffering would be brought to a swift and violent end. When I returned from deployments there was no one waiting and had to get rides home from other members of the unit. Everyone needs to know that someone cares for them. I have never known that feeling. So, if you know someone in the military, working abroad, or crosstown let them know that they matter. Send a letter, send some love.
Hey Brother. Just letting you know that you have my support, and I thank you for your Service, Sir. Praying for you! God Bless you!🙏✝️💯👍
I cant fathom how that feels. I served back in '81 and even though I wasnt home with my family, I had my military brothers right there along side me just like you did. Thank you for your service. God bless.
My son is active duty army and i know how much our letters mean to him. I'm so very sorry no one wrote to you. Thank you for your service, you're in my prayers.
Thank u for your services there here and everywhere,God bless u n yours forever my friend in spirit😅
Most civilians don't know what love is anymore. The bond between brothers we experienced in the service, knowing your life is in their hands and their life is in yours and being willing to do anything and everything to make sure your buddy gets to go home, including giving your own life... that's love. Love is selfless. It isn't for the one who loves, it's a gift you give to the one who is loved, expecting nothing in return. Civilians today are too selfish to understand that concept. They think love is something you get, not something you give. The only thing that compares is a parents love for a child, but these days even that is falling victim to selfishness with parents seeing their children as property or as just extensions of themselves.
It sounds like a lot of doom and gloom, but what I am trying to say is that even though your wife didn't love you like she should, she will likely never know real love, but you have and in that way you have already won. I love you, brother, and so do millions of other men and women who have served like you and I have served and we would never forsake you because that bond is for life.
I'll never get another letter from home. Love your Mom and Dad while you still can.
If you're active duty and deployed, DM me your mailing address, two of my coworkers have kids that I'm almost certain would enjoy writing to you. Hell, I'm not much of a writer, but I may even do so myself.
@@chadbrochill175 aw that’s nice of you
This Marine cries every time when listening to this song, and she ain't ashamed.
💯❤ Thank you for what you do!
Thank you for everything you’ve done for us and I’m thinking of joining the marines after high school
This ex navy man is a piece of shit and got thrown out befor he could serve his country. Thanks for being a better man/woman then ill ever be
AMEN,,,TO ALL MARINES,AND ALL MILITARY
God bless you I'm 15 I'm going to be a marine I'm going to go to Paris island at 17 but thank you for your service
My husband ( Retired Army) cried to this song. Welcome Home Sir and All of You out there. Aloha ( love),from Honolulu, Hawaii byways of Waikiki.
Hey Charlettea how are you doing today???
My husband died Active Duty Military. He was Army. It makes me think of him Everytime… Me and his little babygirl miss him everyday. R.I.P SGT WILLIAM MCDONALD
My brother served in the Navy for 9 years & passed in a drunk driving car crash in 2005. I was only 12. I wanna cry every time I hear this song! Thank you to all the men & woman who serve & have served! I miss my brother so much! I'd give anything to hug him one more time ❤😥
Hey Tabitha how are you doing today???
I believe even now he watching over you
I don't know why I am tearing up reading these lines of yours.
For some reason, I strongly 💪 believe that your brother is in Heaven and very happy 😊,
And all you have to do is talk to him before you go to sleep 😴, then, he will come to you and talk to you in your dream sweet 😋 dream 😴 💤 🛏...!...
I hate that this generation doesn’t show enough love to the veterans. I hope it changes soon.
us young people still care. Even if we dont agree with the wars going on imma support our men and women who fight for my freedom
Young people don’t want us sending our soldiers to needless wars just to line the pockets of weapons manufacturers. Most of the wars we wage are unnecessary
Songs like this are the reasons I will always be a dyed in the wool country music fan (76 years old). No other music hits the heart like this one by John Michael Montgomery. Especially the way our country is now with our democracy on the line in November. God bless our Vets and all the sacrifices they make. Gerry in Asheville, NC.
I haven't served but this song tears me up every time. God bless the troops and thank you.
I love this song....I tear up every time I hear it. God Bless the men and women who serve their country. 🇺🇸
God bless you for supporting us
I don't want to make a ww3 joke but this is the worst time for my bother to become a merine
Mindy Gleghorn marine*
I love this beautiful God bless you John Michael Montgomery: )
Same
I was in the Army for 5 years before I was medically discharged. I have to say that there is nothing that means more to a soldier than a letter from home.
Thank You from my family to you.
Thank you Marine for watch over us ,
Amen Brother, 3 USMC and 12 US Army, I'd do it all again. Best people I ever met in my life.
Thank you for serving
Sorry to hear that
I am a combat vet. Song still hits me hard. I still have all the letters I got.
you sir are a hero God bless you Them letter from home are what makes a soldier's day
im not a vet at all, and yet, this song hits me. you have my utmost respect
Right there with you man hits harder than. Ever
America shall Always Keep Up Doing the Good Work!
It Has To!
No Compromise and No Regrets!
We United States of America and United Nations Blues Allies Win... Again!
British Spooks Cannot Stop US!
America Serves America For America!
And We Always Win!
🇺🇲🇺🇳🇺🇦😎✌️⚡🦂🗽
Also a vet. Those letters are what makes what we do worth it.
Currently sending my son letters every few days while he’s in basic ♥️ Patiently waiting for the letters back
Hey Tara how are you doing today????
God bless your son
U😅u
Basic was th worst for our son. The worst was mail call and a soldier's name wasn't called. PM me so I can brighten a soldiers day.
Well I hope you get those letters from yer boy lettin ya know he’s doin gud
My teacher played this song for a lyrics project at my school and I was fighting tears. All veterans and service members of the USA thank you so much. God bless America🇺🇸🇺🇸
Listening to this song in 2020 really makes it hit different. The lack of respect our country holds for our military members shows how much we have degraded as a country
Wish I could give this comment a hundred likes
yes it does, goes to show what we have now and what we had then is really a lot.
I will always respect all the soldiers they fight for our freedom
Couldn't agree more. It is depressing the utter disrespect for the people who protect us.
@@vibez750 Gonna get worse 01/21 fuck biden
a future marine in tears after hearing this
Good luck you should be in by now
For anyone who has had a loved one deployed and know they are in danger this really hits home. I think it's harder on the family waiting and wondering about their safety that it is for the soldier. You were dearly missed by us Rich but thank god you came home safe. And yes , always proud of you son.....Dad.
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My Baby bro was in Iraq and Afganistan, he was the reason I got on a computer to talk to him, my Hero!
From the Dad of a Canadian Soldier, thanks to all of you, US and Canada. God Bless boys...
The 500 dislikes where crying and missed the like.
THANK YOU!!!!!! I always bawl... but managed to hit the "like".. :)
99.9%
i listened to this song everyday since my solider has been deployed. he's coming back in 6 weeks and the letters im so happy to send him. i cry every time i listen this song, "I'll be alright i'm just missing you"
I'm a Desert Storm vet and I can confirm that letters and care packages meant more to me than anything else, even a phone call at times. This is a great song that I feel touches every soldier regardless of the war/conflict that you served in.
You’ll never hear it enough, but Thank you! We’ve never met but I appreciate you!
This song hit me hard the first time I heard it. I was commuting with a buddy of mine to work and I started crying. Couldn’t help it. This goes out to my brothers in Ft Drum NY. 2/22 infantry Bravo co. Deeds not words.
PG&ErShmekel Shmugglers live near fort drum. God bless our boys
Climb to Glory brother! Triple Deuce on the Loose!
1BCT A co 2-22 Deeds not words
God bless them
thank u all 4 listing 2 us. sk1 usnret nmcb 5 headqarters company 3rd plattoon, right guard.
This goes out to everyone who has served or is serving now. Thank y'all so much y'all I appreciate what you do for everyone. God bless all of y'all and be safe💕 🙏🏼
Hey Cori how are you doing today????
Im on deployment right now and just got a letter from my girlfriend and this song almost made me cry my dad died when I was 14 and I just wish he would tell me he was proud of me 😔
I'm proud of you.
He watching you from heaven with pride.
I may not know you personally, but I am proud of you 🥲 My son is 3 weeks out from finishing boot camp for the Marines Corps. This makes me sad because he will never hear those words from his father. You are not alone, your Father is smiling down from heaven, and very proud of you. Keep your head up and Thank you so much for your service ♥️
If your dad was here I’m sure he would be proud of you. Thank you for your service.
As a father. I'm proud of you, so is your dad. I promise you. My dad told me he was proud rthe night I left for Iraq. And I cryed like a baby on that bus ride to Hunter Army Airfield
Semper Fi my brothers in arms.
I may be retired but this song inspired me to pull out the old letters I received from mom many years ago. 👍🏽
Thank you for the memories mom!🙏🏽
Best letters ever!
My first deployment to Iraq was rough, this song sums it up in a few minutes... god bless America and every single citizen living here 🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇸
💋 💯
@@chrisrohls4853 hey you can't blame a guy for having a baby face lmao.
@@chrisrohls4853 I’m 24. I was getting groceries and an employee seriously asked where my mother was because she thought I was like 10 and left alone to grocery shop. Granted I am 5 feet tall but
Thank you for your service.
I’m no soldier but I cry every time this song comes on. His voice sounds like my granddad and I’ve never once heard him say he was proud of me. The last part always gets me
thank you to all who have served. This country is the land of the free because of the brave. God bless you all.💙
I can't watch this without crying. The "Son, you make me proud..." Man, gets me every time.
I tear up everytime I hear this song. The Dad part is the hardest to hear. But the Mom part hits the closest to home. My mother wrote to me almost every single day I was in. It would be about important things and sometimes the mundane. Like the weather. She did the same for my father. He was reserves. But for the 26 years he served, anytime he was gone she pulled out her trusty notepad and wrote him ❤
Thank you for your service.
Hey Melanie how are you doing today???
@@barblivi Bless her!
Happy Veterans Day to everyone who has served have a blessed day
USMC vet here, lost my best friends in Afghanistan, just want to let people know, those letters from home are what gave me, and every man in my squad, the courage to go out and do what we had to, so if you have friends or children in the military, write every single chance you get.
I appreciate everyone of you who served this great country and fought for the liberties we enjoy everyday .. as a father, this video gets me every time
I had 2 uncles killed in a drone strike in Syria. I miss them everyday ❤️❤️
Rest their souls 🙏
Robert lee bedwell
God bless them both!
three big greens
Kolby I'm sorry. I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes hearing this and reading your post. Know that your uncles loved you and you will see them in Glory.
"Ain't nothing funny when a soldier cries".
Soldiers never cry. They just pee with their eyes.
What about a Marine?
true but funny at the same time
Damn right it's not funny
@@SuperColonel91 think they meant to say Marines don't die, they just go to Hell and regroup..
As a Gulf War vet and really any vet can relate to this song. Those letters were our connection to the world, as we called it. In the Gulf it took a long time to get them. The highlight of the day was mail call. I wrote to my father one day, normally I'd write to my mother, pops was a rock, no emotion. But I had to let him know he was the reason I was who I was and why I could deal with the situation I found myself in. I didn't know if I'd come home, so I had to tell him. He wrote back, i could tell it was difficult. I still have my father and mother with me, so I am still lucky.... I asked my mother once I got home, so what did my dad say when he got my letter? She said, I told him, hey, here's a letter from Ray for you. She handed it to him, he slowly opened it and started to read it, his eyes watered, he said, I'll be right back, he got his keys and took the letter and drove off. She told me, he didn't want her to see him cry. He came back and his rock look smoothened. Thanks for the song and thanks pops.
It’s really the part with his Dad seeing him as baby across from him then he disappears. As a father it’s so emotional for me to see pictures of my kids young and now teenagers. It goes by fast, cherish every single interaction.
The third verse brings me to tears everytime when the dad writes you make me proud. I didnt get that from my dad until I joined.
My Dearest son, it's almost June
I hope this letter catches up with you
And finds you well
It's been dry
But they're callin' for rain
And everything's the same old same
In Johnsonville
Your stubborn old daddy
Ain't said too much
But I'm sure you know
He sends his love
And she goes on
In a letter from home
I hold it up and show my buddies
Like we ain't scared
And our boots ain't muddy
And they all laugh
Like there's something funny
'Bout the way I talk
When I say, "Mamma sends her best, y'all"
I fold it up and put it in my shirt
Pick up my gun and get back to work
And it keeps me drivin' on
Waitin' on letters from home
My dearest love, it's almost dawn
I've been lyin' here all night long
Wonderin' where you might be
I saw your mamma
And I showed her the ring
Man on the television
Said something
So I couldn't sleep
But I'll be alright,
I'm just missin' you
And this is me kissin' you
X's and O's in a letter from home
I hold it up and show my buddies
Like we ain't scared
And our boots ain't muddy
And they all laugh
'Cause she calls me honey,
But they take it hard
'Cause I don't read the good parts
I fold it up and put it in my shirt
Pick up my gun and get back to work
And it keeps me drivin' on
Waitin' on letters from home
Dear son, I know I ain't written
I'm Sittin' here tonight alone in the kitchen
It occurs to me
I might not have said it
So I'll say it now
"Son, You make me proud"
I hold it up and show my buddies
Like we ain't scared
And our boots ain't muddy
But no one laughs
'Cause there's ain't nothin' funny
When a soldier cries
And I just wipe my eyes
I fold it up and put it in my shirt
Pick up my gun and get back to work
And it keeps me drivin' on
Waitin' on letters from home
.
👏👏👏
👏👏👏
Thank you
I’m a new Pfc in the marine corps and I miss my parents so bad, but a man has a duty to fulfill for his country love you pop Semper Fi
I had the pleasure of meeting the gentleman that wrote this song. He recounted a story of parents he met in Europe who lost their son in the middle east. The father said this was he and his son's song.
Hey! Im from Romania, we have american troops here! We love them. Thanks America for all the support.
I'm worried he'll try to leave as soon as they can I wish you had to get out of Romania anyway probably one of the most depressing places on Earth I mean seriously doesn't even this the sun Don't Even Shine there and up until at least 20 years ago for walking around landmines they were planted 70 years prior and what is with all the old storage dumps that have World War 1 mustard gas and other stuff is starting to leak in like contaminate the water in case you're coming out with flippers stuff like that almost as bad as flutamide and experimental garbage
I don't care how old you are or what you do for a living it's every man's dream to hear his dad say he's proud of you. I wish me and my father were that close
I'm a combat vet. I remember them letters from my mom and my boys saying shit. I can't ever get thru this song without tears. It hits home !
Ohhhh memories
No one who didn’t go through it doesn’t understand
I remember the letters from home. It was decades before the Internet. I treasured every letter.
Anyone else start bawlin at the end of this song? I'm a civilian, but know that a simple letter from home makes the difference between a normal day and a good day.
GAAAYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!
This brought a tear to my eye when it first came out. My child was 3 then and I knew he would grow up to great things, I just didn't know what. He's now 20 and been a Marine for a year and a half. I had forgot all about this until someone shared it in a Marine momma support group. Those tears I shed when it first came out are now full blown sobbing. It hits a bit different when you actually know and feel this in real life.
Hey Jessica how are you doing today???
Different war ,same hurt
As a mom to a solider who did 2 tours in Iraq and 1 in Afghanistan, this song tore my heart out every time I heard it. He's still in Army and it still hurts my heart.
God bless u! Ur a great Mom!
Great mom indeed i want add you to my superfan group
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That’s my gmail
First heard this in 2004 in Afghanistan. Still can’t listen to it without getting teary eyed.
Thank you for your service.
Vietnam era vet stationed overseas. I remember getting letters from home... and the first phone call from me to my mom at Christmas... my first away from home. She cried... and that made me cry. The guy who made the international calls gave the people who worked that Christmas Eve and chance to call home. Christmas Eve 1976. I can tell you - Sir you have no idea how much I appreciated that call as did my mom. I've always remembered that call.
the part where he stats "dear son i aint written" makes me literally cry every time, i waited 26 long years for my dad to say he was proud of me, thats something so little to him, but i'll never forget it, ill never forget where i was, i cried as soon as i hung up the phone, that line has all the power over me.
“Son you make me proud” that will make any man shed a tear. My dad taught me everything I know
I am a sixty five year old man. Every time I hear this perfect song I fricken cry and I don’t know why never served. Maybe something with me an my dad. Took care of mom and Dad for their last nine years with
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This hits me hard. I was a bad teenager growing up but not like jail bad but getting suspended from school and bad grades. I ended up dropping out at 16 (i did get my GED) and joined the army on my 17th b-day and was deployed to Iraq on my 19tg birthday (i volenteered) and I was terrified but the letters from home made it somewhat better. And honestly just like this song my dad wrote me a letter saying how much he loved me and how proud he was. He said to me in the letter " Son I'm so proud of you, there aren't enough words in this world to express his gratitude to me. Then said that he wanted to thank me cause having me as his son was a privilege and a honor that not all fathers get. I'm not the type that gets emotional and my family isn't the type to jug each other or express his/her feelings to one another. At that point in my life I probably remember my dad verbally telling me the HE LOVED ME 3 times. So when I read his letter it made me cry. The only thing I want in life is to hope to become half the father my dad was to me and of I can accomplish that when I have kids then they will be then happiest kids in the world. Long story short, don't take life forgranted and make sure you tell whomever that you love them because eventually they wont be here.
Thank you for your service.
Just a regular old citizen here. Thanks for all you done... we couldn't be us ,if you hadn't been you and do what you did.... I think about all those parents and wife's waiting on those that never came home and it breaks me everytime...
My brothers in the army now. This song makes me want to write to him every time I hear it. But I'll wait until he goes back on tour, fore I do that. We don't talk much so this song makes me very sad. It's a powerful song. People who don't like country songs probably still like this one.
To all the men and women that are putting their lives at risk to fight for our country, thank you for your service
Thank you to everyone who has served
I can't listen to this song without tearing up every time. When in boot camp in 1978, I received a letter from my Dad telling me how proud he was of me. He seldom wrote letters but that one was special. I wish I knew where it was. My mom threw out a lot of my stuff over the years.
Thank you very much!!! You’ll never hear it enough! But thank you very much!!
I recieved a letter from my dad at basic in FT Leonardwood that said "I am proud of you, I hope you know that" It was never said to me before, but it was implied, and I busted out in tears, even my Drills were concerned, but it was a good feeling, i couldnt talk, so i just gave them the letter and told them it was from my dad and they all understood once they read it, and put a hand on my shoulder for support. Even though I could not complete training due to medical issues, every time he says this to me i get tears. There is something about a mans father saying "I am proud of you" that cant be ignored. To me, it means I am doing right.
All the guys in my platoon got a letter like that at some point.
This song reminds me of that feeling every time and tears always come up when i hear it. Thank you John Montgomery for singing it.
Listening in 2022, thank you to all service men and women out there ❤️
Hey Melissa how are you doing today???
I remember getting the letters from home when I was in the Army and now I’m sending those letters from home to my son in Germany! Still brings me to tears. Happy Veterans Day to all my fellow veterans and those serving now!
My older brother went into the military and every time I hear this song I start to tear up because it makes me so sad because he will leave me but I know it is for the better. He has inspired me so much and I hope to follow in his foot steps.
My father was a Vietnam Vet,and he never talked about it much, that is until I came home from my first tour in Afghanistan. I guess there's nothing like war to bring a father and son closer together. He passed away a year ago today, and since my wife & kids are out of the house at the moment,I got a little time to myself, so I'm listening to music,drinking a cold beer,looking at old letters & photos and remembering my Dad. Semper Fi
The part about his father sending a letter makes me tear up every time.
My son just shipped off to Bootcamp 3 weeks ago and I have only written twice. His Mom writes him every day but I find it hard to say what is in my heart. I’m going to try my best to get better at this because he’s my pride and joy and I couldn’t be prouder. I did my best teaching him how to be a respectful young man and we were always riding horses or playing baseball but once he found his girlfriend we kind of stopped hanging out. I miss him dearly and I told him I’m proud of him. I don’t know what makes it hard for a Dad to express his feelings but I’m working on it.Apologies for the long comment.
I make it a point that when ever I see someone with a veterans hat on or in a military uniform I thank them for their service. On occasion if I can afford it I'll pay for their meal. Makes me happy when I find that someone else has already paid for it it tells me I'm not the only one who is grateful for these guy and gals!
My father was an Army veteran of the Korean War. When this song came out it was the only time I ever saw him choke up about a song when he listened to it. I learned from my mother that his father (my grandfather) could not bear to see him off at the train station when he left for Korea in 1950. My father's Dad died while he was overseas, and he could not get home for his funeral. For my father's 75th birthday he received a surprise handwritten letter from John Michael Montgomery, an autographed CD and autographed T-shirt. I will be forever grateful to JMM and his sister in Kentucky who helped me set that up. My dad passed away in 2008 so now I choke up too when I hear this song.
I listened to this song, every day, when my husband was deployed. Praying 🙏 he would make it back home to me. He did. Still makes me cry, 14 years later. God Bless our troops. 🇺🇸 Lord please keep them. 🙏
Got me through my first deployment. Rough times.
Andrew Sheldrick thank your for ur service. It is really vary appreciated 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Yes, thank you! Very much appreciated! God Bless America 🇺🇸🇺🇸
thank you for your service! Very much appreciated!
Thank You
Thank you for your service soldier, i wanna grow up and fight for our country
Country music is a way to see the world
This song is so incredible.. i am a Veteran who was deployed in 2002 to kuwait for the surge into Iraq in 2003. Seeing all these comments from my fellow veterans means so much. This song 20 years later still gets to me every time i hear it. This song brings back those feelings of comradery in shitty situations that i have come to miss so much from my brothers in arms. Things were no joke during that time. We had a lot of laughs and tears from those letters but they brought us closer together when the shit was shitty. Thanku to everyone of my veteran brothers and sisters, you are family to me
I'm a cold war vet n I get teary eyed remembering Everytime I hear this
My niece's husband introduced me to this song. When he was a Ranger 1st Lt. in Afghanistan several years ago, and I got a bunch of the people at my marina to pitch in and put together a huge care package for him and his men (several packages actually - people really came through) and I and several of my friends enclosed thank you notes and we sent them off. After the stuff got there, I heard from my niece who relayed thanks, and told me he wanted me to look up this song. He also wanted the addresses of everyone who helped with this, and he and his men wrote thank yous to every one of them. But the one that gets me the most is still hanging on one of my best friend's walls. It came from a Corporal who said he was an only child and enlisted after his single mother died - so he basically never got mail. After that, he got letters from Bob or his wife every week. And when their unit returned, they made the trip to be there to greet him when he got home. He is almost like an adopted son to them now. I never experienced this in the Navy - because submarines don't get mail - but I can relate, and this song always gets me.
Thanks for sharing this touching story. Please give a huge thank-you to Bob or his wife for being such wonderful people and give this soldier some family love.
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I finally got to meet the guy - he is a Sergeant 1st Class now, and seems like a great guy. They must have done something right, because he took his leave here in Michigan a couple of years ago - he is from Alabama, and we all went sailing together on Lake Michigan. But the beauty of military service, and something I miss, is that you always have a family - you are surrounded by brothers and sisters - even if you don't always like them sometimes. Whatever else he has, he will always have that.
Oh my gosh, I can very much relate to that story. My son is a Marine who thankfully has tons of support. However, I do know not all do. When us Marine mommas find out someone isn't getting mail and packages, we rally. The internet is great in that aspect. Someone's son or daughter writes home that so and so has no one, that momma posts it on our group and then they have a thousand families. That person ends up getting probably more than the rest because we ALL feel the need to "adopt" them. I love this family that my son has drafted me into.
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That is wonderful! Thank you for doing that! I never thought in those terms (not being a "momma") but just a vet, but I realized the impact when I saw this young man who used to had no one "adopting" Bob and Crystal as his parents. I never thought about this, because where I was, no one got letters from home - unless we were back ashore, then we got letters or more often phone calls. But then, we were not in the close confines of a sub, or combat environment, and you didn't notice the guy who got nothing.
So you "mommas" keep it up - having lost mine last October I know more than ever how important you are.
@@pdoylemi it's one of the things we do best and love every minute of it. Also, thank you for your service Sir.
With me being out of the Marine Corps, every time I hear this song, I end up in tears because I can relate to this
I served in peacetime 43 years ago. 20 years old, I was 3400 miles from home in a strange but not so foreign land, the mail room was just a short walk from where I worked and it was a few weeks before I got my first "Letter From Home." My Dad served in 1951, US Army, his Dad, WW1 in France, his dad, Spanish American veteran, Civil War, War of 1812, Revolution War. All of my forefathers served in the US Army. I served proudly in the USAF! I cant' recall my Dad saying he was proud of me, so the part of this song when Dad writes, I get a little emotional! Miss you, Dad... To all veterans out there, thank you for your service!!
This song resonates with me when my only son was deployed to Iraq. Thankful he's home, married, and has 2 great kids! God bless our military!
Amen 🙏 happy to hear he got squared away back in civilian life.We thank him for his service 🇺🇸🫡
Hi Pamela hope you're okay??
@dannyhuffman yes, thank you I am okay. Merry Christmas to you and yours
@@pamelaporter3683 you're welcome, merry Christmas to you too.. beside how's the weather over there??
This song brings tears to my eyes Thank you too all that served for our Country.
Yes amen!!!!!!