Jonny Miller’s submission
Letter, November 11th 1967 by Johnny Miller
Envelope, November 13th 1967 by Johnny Miller
This couple of images by Johnny Miller document his parent’s love letters during Vietnam War. This is the kind of thing that melts your heart but also reminding you of the sentimentality of snail mail. Here’s a little blurb from his artist statement.
They dated for the next four months before my father left for his tour. They wrote many letters. In June of 1968, he invited my mom’s family out to Califorina to meet his. After asking my grandfather if he could propose to his daughter, he drove down to the beach in his father’s car and asked my mother to be his wife. She said “yes�. Four months after the engagement, my dad was sent to start his tour. Hundreds more letters were sent. They planned to marry in June 1969. I was born in 1971, my sister followed in 1974.
