"No Matter Where, Wish I Was Home With My Family"

Christmas 1966, Long Binh

        Christmas in Long Binh in 1966 was of course warm with no snow, but I wore a blue, wool shirt my girlfriend sent me for Christmas. 

        We had a small Christmas tree in our tent and we celebrated as best as we could.  I was wishing I could be home with my family and friends in El Paso, Texas. I made plans for next Christmas in El Paso. 

        Three years ago while serving as a peacekeeper in Kosovo, Yugoslavia, I spent Christmas in Rome, Italy and attended Midnight Mass at the Vatican.  Mass was of course given by the Pope.

        The Christmas before that, I was a newly arrived peacekeeper in Kosovo.  It was cold and lonely.  I thought of the warm Christmas in Viet Nam, and again wished I was home with my family!
 

SP/4 Salvador Molina, 615th MP Company, 720th MP Battalion, 89th MP Group, 18th MP Brigade, August 1966 to August 1967.