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.”
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
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
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.
@@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 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.
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 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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
😔😔 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.
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
My brother survived two wars. The letter I wrote him all but one returned. Breaks my heart every time I think of him wait on letters from home. I still feel horrible that he had to see much more that he had to hurt others before they hurt him. He and all the men and women who served our country THANK YOU!! And your family's
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🇺🇸🇺🇸
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.
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 ❤😥
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 😴 💤 🛏...!...
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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 ❤
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.
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💕 🙏🏼
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
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.
@@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
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.
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!🙏🏽
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.
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.
I haven’t heard this song since I was in Iraq 2005-2006. Now I’m sitting here in my backyard trying to play with my pup bawling my eyes out. Just got hit by a flood of memories and emotions. Love this song
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@easyenetwork2023it 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 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!
I never make it through this song without shedding a tear. Sometimes I can make it to the end. But then the part where the dad says he’s proud. I never had that. At 54 I’d still love to hear it once. I have 3 boys. Not a week goes by where I don’t tell them they make me proud.
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 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.
US Marine here, they played this song for us during one of the Sunday Church services in recruit training. Not having seen our families for 9 weeks it hit us all in the feels, but the part about the father telling his son he’s proud of him is what really got me. Cried like a baby, great song. Semper Fi
I am a veteran of the United States Army and I have cried everytime I hear this song! I got the letter from my dad that says he was proud of my accomplishments! Made me cry slot! And when I first heard this song while I was serving in S. Korea, it broke me! My roommate didn't say a word when he walked in to see me in tears!
There was nothing better than getting letters from home , loved ones and supporting people.... thank you for the support from the first desert storm time until i was put out from thec a n g , here in Fresno.... it was worth it... even nowafter my dad's passing in 2018....
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 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
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
I love this song. I served 21 years and have been on many combat tours. I did not realize what my parents and especially my mom went through. Her Husband, my father and her three sons all served this great nation. We are now old enough that our children are thinking about joining. I hope to be as strong as my parents are.
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.
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!!
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. 🙏
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.
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.
You can tell all of the emotions of a family who’s got someone they love, in this instance, a Son to his Parents and a Fiancé to his Girl, and all of what they go through. You can also tell that it looks like his father is taking the hit really hard, and when that letter finally makes it out to the Son, it all comes around, making that the single most emotional moment of this video. You never know what can happen, because safety is never guaranteed, so make sure the ones you love know, every chance you get.
I'm too young for the world wars, and too old for recent wars........but I can feel the passions and sorrows, or even the joys of the letters, of the men and women who experienced war🧡🧡Peace, Love and Blessings
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.
I saw this music video for the first time when my brother was deployed to Iraq in 2003... I was a kid in 4th grade at the time. He came back thank God, but I can't imagine what it must feel like for the families of those who didn't. Damn few. This song hits home for me.
An active duty US Marine, this song was all I could sing to myself when I was in boot camp. Many days, my senior drill instructor would bring in letters and/or packages for me and my buddies, and I would cry myself to sleep seeing and/or reading letters from my family and my friends. Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, my birthday, I would get letters. They were what kept me going. I was more than overjoyed to see them on family day. To this day, only a few months in, I still call or text my Mama, my Dad, and my siblings and my friends to let them know how much I love them and how I cannot wait to see them again. A great song, and probably one that any American military serviceman can relate to. Godspeed to all my brothers and sisters in arms. And rest easy, my fellow Americans. For you are what we all fight for.
My daughter is active duty Marine, I remember when she left for boot and the phone call saying she has arrived!!! I still cry thinking about the letters she wrote while in boot!!!!!!!
I lost my Dad 5 years ago. He always told me that I made him proud! This song made me cry and wanted to say ... enjoy your parents because life goes really fast and you miss them forever!!!
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 Alhieniers
This is so true! Thank you to all those who serve and have served and who will serve for our country!!!! And Thank You John Michael Montgomery for singing this song.
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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
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
Thank him for his service 🇺🇲
Your families sacrifice is what makes this country great. Thankyou from the bottom of my heart.
Thank you ma’am and little baby girl thank you for y’all’s sacrifice.
@@TheJBELL02he deddd
He's there believe me
Thank you to all the men and women who serve and have served ❤
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
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.
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 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
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
To all the veterans reading this comment thank you for your service and God bless you all
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'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
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.
Thank you for your service 🇺🇲
I would like to share some concern ,bud I I don't know what it means. I , thank you. Please be proud.
How did that feel?
Thank You for serving your country and protecting us, so that we could be free! I would have wrote to you every night ❤
@@bonnielapan8114 Thank you , You have a great heart. I would have written back too.
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???
I was a USMC Postal Clerk! It always hits home when I hear this song and read the comments. Proud of all my military brothers and sisters!
T
To be there is hazardous!
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
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 😁
Thank you for Service
God bless any service members 🙏
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.
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
Im no soldier so can't really relate to this song but I tear up every time I hear it ,,U S milatary deservers all our respect ,,God bless you
I never served a war. But I love my country, and would do anything to defend her. God bless the letters from home.
The way the world is going nowadays you might just have to
Different war ,same hurt
such an amazing tribute let alone to the one and only who knows/understands....
My brother survived two wars. The letter I wrote him all but one returned. Breaks my heart every time I think of him wait on letters from home. I still feel horrible that he had to see much more that he had to hurt others before they hurt him. He and all the men and women who served our country THANK YOU!! And your family's
Thank him for his service 🇺🇲
I can't watch this without crying. The "Son, you make me proud..." Man, gets me every time.
I think of my son in service. He’s back, and I have 6 grandchildren now. My son makes me proud.almost a doctor now..
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🇺🇸🇺🇸
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.
I haven't served but this song tears me up every time. God bless the troops and thank you.
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 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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
It is true, a letter from home over there is like gold.
"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
From the Dad of a Canadian Soldier, thanks to all of you, US and Canada. God Bless boys...
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.
I'm proud of you too. Congratulations on who you are and on what you are able to do.
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.
“Son you make me proud” that will make any man shed a tear. My dad taught me everything I know
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!
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.
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
thank you to all who have served. This country is the land of the free because of the brave. God bless you all.💙
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!
If you were military and can listen to this without crying you are a BEAST
I'm not military,makes me cry every time I here this song, I'm 45
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 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????
a future marine in tears after hearing this
Good luck you should be in by now
Hope you’re doing well.
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
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.
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.
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.
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!
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 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???
Lost my dad in Iraq in 2005. Miss him every day. Put this comment here to remind myself of this song.
Peace & blessings
I haven’t heard this song since I was in Iraq 2005-2006. Now I’m sitting here in my backyard trying to play with my pup bawling my eyes out. Just got hit by a flood of memories and emotions. Love this song
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!!
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.
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.
@@easyenetwork2023it 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
Cant help but cry listening to this
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!
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
Daddy loves you and im so proud of you,
Thank you for your service 🇺🇲
@@rickyegalindez Beez pop pop
Stay strong and Pray 😊❤😊❤
I never make it through this song without shedding a tear. Sometimes I can make it to the end. But then the part where the dad says he’s proud. I never had that. At 54 I’d still love to hear it once. I have 3 boys. Not a week goes by where I don’t tell them they make me proud.
That's alot to be proud of sir
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 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
US Marine here, they played this song for us during one of the Sunday Church services in recruit training. Not having seen our families for 9 weeks it hit us all in the feels, but the part about the father telling his son he’s proud of him is what really got me. Cried like a baby, great song. Semper Fi
I LOVE THIS SONG 😃,I loveyou my son 👨👦
I am a veteran of the United States Army and I have cried everytime I hear this song!
I got the letter from my dad that says he was proud of my accomplishments!
Made me cry slot!
And when I first heard this song while I was serving in S. Korea, it broke me! My roommate didn't say a word when he walked in to see me in tears!
Sorry ,you make us proud ,
God bless the people who serve our best interest of protecting us in war situations, those are the hero's i'd say thank you to.
Brings back memorys from bootcamp. Paris Island 2009. The pastor played this for us every sunday before church.
There was nothing better than getting letters from home , loved ones and supporting people.... thank you for the support from the first desert storm time until i was put out from thec a n g , here in Fresno.... it was worth it... even nowafter my dad's passing in 2018....
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 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
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
I love this song. I served 21 years and have been on many combat tours. I did not realize what my parents and especially my mom went through. Her Husband, my father and her three sons all served this great nation. We are now old enough that our children are thinking about joining. I hope to be as strong as my parents are.
The last verse hits me right in the heart every time I hear this song! God bless all the soldiers that serve our country!
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.
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!!
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. 🙏
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
Jmmontgomery411
That’s my gmail
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.
You can tell all of the emotions of a family who’s got someone they love, in this instance, a Son to his Parents and a Fiancé to his Girl, and all of what they go through.
You can also tell that it looks like his father is taking the hit really hard, and when that letter finally makes it out to the Son, it all comes around, making that the single most emotional moment of this video.
You never know what can happen, because safety is never guaranteed, so make sure the ones you love know, every chance you get.
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
Thank you for the memories. 💜💓
I'm too young for the world wars, and too old for recent wars........but I can feel the passions and sorrows, or even the joys of the letters, of the men and women who experienced war🧡🧡Peace, Love and Blessings
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.
Love this one too. Thanks again
I did 2 years in Korea. The truth in this song brings back memories and tears
I saw this music video for the first time when my brother was deployed to Iraq in 2003...
I was a kid in 4th grade at the time.
He came back thank God, but I can't imagine what it must feel like for the families of those who didn't.
Damn few.
This song hits home for me.
An active duty US Marine, this song was all I could sing to myself when I was in boot camp. Many days, my senior drill instructor would bring in letters and/or packages for me and my buddies, and I would cry myself to sleep seeing and/or reading letters from my family and my friends. Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, my birthday, I would get letters. They were what kept me going. I was more than overjoyed to see them on family day.
To this day, only a few months in, I still call or text my Mama, my Dad, and my siblings and my friends to let them know how much I love them and how I cannot wait to see them again.
A great song, and probably one that any American military serviceman can relate to. Godspeed to all my brothers and sisters in arms. And rest easy, my fellow Americans. For you are what we all fight for.
My daughter is active duty Marine, I remember when she left for boot and the phone call saying she has arrived!!! I still cry thinking about the letters she wrote while in boot!!!!!!!
I lost my Dad 5 years ago. He always told me that I made him proud! This song made me cry and wanted to say ... enjoy your parents because life goes really fast and you miss them forever!!!
the part where it shows the picture his son made for his dad just for some reason makes me cry. may all soldiers be proud and be protected
Thank you for your service
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 is so true! Thank you to all those who serve and have served and who will serve for our country!!!! And Thank You John Michael Montgomery for singing this song.