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2 Jul 68
Dear Robert,
…I certainly miss you, creepie. Know what else I decided? I’m going to make you the godfather of my baby (in about two years)…I want to tell you it is people like you and your men that have made it possible for us Americans to celebrate our Independence Day. And as I sit here writing this to you my brother, you are there helping another country gain its independence. Most people don’t like the war, think it’s senseless, but I am very proud of you and I always will be….
Love ya, Donnamarie,
Astoria, New York
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1Lt. Robert D. Santos, one of the most decorated combat veterans of the war, was a rifle platoon leader with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 501st Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, operating in I Corps, from November 1967-November 1968. A member of the executive committee of the New York Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commission, he is now chief operating officer for the New York Public Library. He resides in Queens, New York.
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