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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Where dad speaks, tears me up everytime.

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.

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

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

This guy is a legend who needs to make a big comeback. This music needs reintroduced to this generation.

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

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 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 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.

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

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

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.

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 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

I secretly listen to this drunk when my wife is asleep and drink one with my brothers on the back porch.

I hate that this generation doesn’t show enough love to the veterans. I hope it changes soon.

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

I'll never get another letter from home. Love your Mom and Dad while you still can.

a future marine in tears after hearing this

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

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 ❤😥

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

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.

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🇺🇸🇺🇸

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

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

"Ain't nothing funny when a soldier cries".

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

I remember the letters from home. It was decades before the Internet. I treasured every letter.

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.

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.

The 500 dislikes where crying and missed the like.

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.

I am a combat vet. Song still hits me hard. I still have all the letters I got.

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

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.

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

i listened to this song everyday since my solider has been deployed. he's coming back in 6 weeks and the letters im so happy to send him. i cry every time i listen this song, "I'll be alright i'm just missing you"

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

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

“Son you make me proud” that will make any man shed a tear. My dad taught me everything I know

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 🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇸

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 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 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

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

Hey! Im from Romania, we have american troops here! We love them. Thanks America for all the support.

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

Different war ,same hurt

Happy Veterans Day to everyone who has served have a blessed day

Thank you to everyone who has served

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.

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...

I can't watch this without crying. The "Son, you make me proud..." Man, gets me every time.

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.

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!🙏🏽

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

To all the men and women that are putting their lives at risk to fight for our country, thank you for your service

Country music is a way to see the world

Thank you all for your service. God bless you and god bless the USA

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

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.

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 😔

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'm a cold war vet n I get teary eyed remembering Everytime I hear this

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

Got me through my first deployment. Rough times.

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

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.

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....

Missing my Grandson. ❤ please Lord hold this Boys Girls in your beautiful hands this song hitr Grammy s heart

Son, you make me proud…😢

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

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!

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.

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

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 ❤

My Dearest son, it's almost June I hope this letter catches up with you And finds you well It's been dry But they're callin' for rain And everything's the same old same In Johnsonville Your stubborn old daddy Ain't said too much But I'm sure you know He sends his love And she goes on In a letter from home I hold it up and show my buddies Like we ain't scared And our boots ain't muddy And they all laugh Like there's something funny 'Bout the way I talk When I say, "Mamma sends her best, y'all" I fold it up and put it in my shirt Pick up my gun and get back to work And it keeps me drivin' on Waitin' on letters from home My dearest love, it's almost dawn I've been lyin' here all night long Wonderin' where you might be I saw your mamma And I showed her the ring Man on the television Said something So I couldn't sleep But I'll be alright, I'm just missin' you And this is me kissin' you X's and O's in a letter from home I hold it up and show my buddies Like we ain't scared And our boots ain't muddy And they all laugh 'Cause she calls me honey, But they take it hard 'Cause I don't read the good parts I fold it up and put it in my shirt Pick up my gun and get back to work And it keeps me drivin' on Waitin' on letters from home Dear son, I know I ain't written I'm Sittin' here tonight alone in the kitchen It occurs to me I might not have said it So I'll say it now "Son, You make me proud" I hold it up and show my buddies Like we ain't scared And our boots ain't muddy But no one laughs 'Cause there's ain't nothin' funny When a soldier cries And I just wipe my eyes I fold it up and put it in my shirt Pick up my gun and get back to work And it keeps me drivin' on Waitin' on letters from home

The part about his father sending a letter makes me tear up every time.

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

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. 🙏

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

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'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 !

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!

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

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

God bless any service members 🙏

With me being out of the Marine Corps, every time I hear this song, I end up in tears because I can relate to this

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.