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10 Feb 69
Hi Mom,
Today, I am at the river swimming, washing and taking the sun. The beach is great, the sand is white and the sky is clear. Boy I wish every day was like this. Then I wouldn’t have any problems while I’m here... I heard that you and Jo’s parents got together. It is about time if I am going to marry her I do suppose you should get together. I hope you like them because you will be seeing a lot of them when I get married. My plans are already down in my head. All I have to do now is wait till I am home to talk it over with Jo. It will be a wonderful wedding.
Love, Jack
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Sgt. Jack Calamia, from Glendale, New York, arrived in Vietnam in December 1968 and was assigned to Company D, 3rd Battalion, 11th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Division, operating in I Corps. On 20 October 1969, he was killed by a land mine. He was 21 years old. In a note accompanying this photograph, his mother wrote: “He was going to be married when he came back. He was our Angel.”
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