John Michael Montgomery - Letters From Home (Official Music Video) 

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

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.

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.

Where dad speaks, tears me up everytime.

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 you to all the men and women who serve and have served ❤

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.

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.

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 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!

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

It is true, a letter from home over there is like gold.

The part when the father writes the letter hits really close to home

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.

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

"cause there aint nothing funny when a soldier cries" that line always get me

I haven't served but this song tears me up every time. God bless the troops and thank you.

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 soldier cries everytime he listens to this song, and I ain’t ashamed

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.

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 ❤😥

From the Dad of a Canadian Soldier, thanks to all of you, US and Canada. God Bless boys...

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.

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🇺🇸🇺🇸

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.

I've done it all. I'm 64 and a Seal. Buds class 136. I'm concerned for our Country.

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’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

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.

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 love this song....I tear up every time I hear it. God Bless the men and women who serve their country. 🇺🇸

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.

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.

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

thank you to all who have served. This country is the land of the free because of the brave. God bless you all.💙

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.

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.

This song brings me to tears when I hear it❤️

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!🙏🏽

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.

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 first deployment to Iraq was rough, this song sums it up in a few minutes... god bless America and every single citizen living here 🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇸

Currently sending my son letters every few days while he’s in basic ♥️ Patiently waiting for the letters back

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

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 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 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.

I will never forget serving My Country, I joined when I was Forty and I love this song

Different war ,same hurt

I just want to hear my dad say I love you. You. And I'm proud of you is the best way he could ever do it...

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 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!

Thank You to all thats served or is serving 💪🏻💪🏻

2023 I am 60 yrs old and still can not listen to this song with out crying ... God bless every man and women that was over there and there families , I'm one of the lucky ones my son came home . I'm so proud of you son and love you more then you will ever know

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.

My first deployment was in 2005, joined in 2004. Parents and daughter took me to Carson to get ready to deploy. Gave my daughter a good talking to with hugs/kisses. Talked with my mom told her I loved her and gave her a hug and kiss. Turned around to my dad and he turned into a faucet. He was just sobbing. Never saw my dad cry until that day. 20 years later and mother has passed on and dad is still around and this song still gives me tears any time I hear it. Great song especially the last verse.

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.

This song brings tears to my eyes Thank you too all that served for our Country.

This song reminds me of my Dad, who passed away 3 years ago. When I was in Desert Storm 90/91 and OIF 03/04, I only got 3 letters from him. He was not much of a writer. In Bosnia 00/01, I didn't get any. Like I said, he wasn't much of a writer. But I do miss him. In 1983, I turned 17, and he and my mother signed the papers so I could join the Army. It was an eye-opener for sure, lol. ❤ I did 22 years in the Army, but Iraq was not good to me, and I had to retire because of things that go boom.

First heard this in 2004 in Afghanistan. Still can’t listen to it without getting teary eyed.

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 !

This song is enough to make a grown man cry

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!

It's been 50 years for me...I still remember...

My war was Vietnam. I wish to say to you, my brothers-in arms THANK YOU. I wore the uniform with pride, but seeing these young men and women serving today, I am humbled. It would be an honor to wear it again with you.

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 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

You think letters from home was no big deal??? They were all that kept me alive in Vietnam 1970.

Thank you to everyone who has served

I give thanks to him every day for his services as a dad

One Of The Greatest Of All Time

My dad told me that you would need me but I believe your pride will prohibit such a righteous action

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 😔

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.

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.

The last verse hits me right in the heart every time I hear this song! God bless all the soldiers that serve our country!

2023 back again still jamming…. 4/16/23 time 8:42pm…. Army Strong HooaH!!!!

For all those who have served and those who still are, thank you for your service.

As a marine, I did two tours in Nam - home was the jungle. At first, we had letters from friends and girlfriends when we got back to our area. As the months rolled into other months, the letters became fewer and fewer until there were none - the war took on its toll on us from back home. When I came in from the bush, and no letters. I would open a warm coke can. Pour some Jack into it and celebrate that no one got hurt or killed on that patrol. This was a life at 20/21 years old. Excellent song, but not my reality. Recon 65-69

The best songs ever written

This song is me and my son’s life exactly. He was 5 when I met his stepfather. Our first date was the movies. He picked Star Wars because he wanted my son to go with us. He took him everywhere with us. We married and had a son together. He never showed any favoritism between them. Most people never knew he was his stepfather. He even went further and help me raise our grandson( his step grandson) from the seventh grade until he graduated. He never calls them step. They are his!!😊

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!

This Marine cries every time when listening to this song, and she ain't ashamed.

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.

such an amazing tribute let alone to the one and only who knows/understands....

Listening in 2022, thank you to all service men and women out there ❤️

I had 2 uncles killed in a drone strike in Syria. I miss them everyday ❤️❤️

That is definitely a tear jerker. When he got a letter from his dad.....

Happy veterans day hope everyone sheds a tear for all our lost soldiers hearing this song

Thank you for Service

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.

You ever want proof country music was the best...very few songs hit the heart like that one. It just makes you stop and listen. And the story still plays out today. Bless everyone who is currently waiting on letters from home.

I love this song. I hope everyone prays daily for our troops. I know I do. Just imagine the things they are going through, then if make it home they are often physically disabled or mentally messed up with PTSD and anxiety. They do all that so we here can live free in greatest country ever. We owe them more than can ever repay, but we should at least do best we can to help them. I salute all you men/women serving in harm's way and to those also in service anywhere. You want too see a real hero. All you got to do is look at a former or present soldier. God bless you hero's. I love all you do

I was 8 years old when I first heard this song.. my grandfather is a Vietnam/Korean war vet, general at that as well.. he loved this song and he actually has lots of those letters left. I ended up liking this song cause he did. He is in later stages of dementia now, I still play this song for him at the old folks home! Still has that same enjoyment! This hits home for me different than it did him.. but good memories at the very least!

"No matter what task or position your in Your always an infantryman" something I've always carried with me

To every American soldier out there, old and new: Bravo Zulu. Job well done. Thank you all for your service... And you make me proud.