Vietnam War Archives

 

      The article that stuck out to me most was from a mother and son in El Toro, California. This letter caught my attention because  of the photo attached on the top left. This photo was of a little boy who was 2 1/2 years old who has never seen his father. in the little section there is a note from the boy directed to Harold T. (Bizz) Johnson and it says:

“I am 2 1/2 years old. My daddy has never seen me. For over 2 years he has been missing in action- shot down in the Vietnam war and my mommy is very sad. She cannot get word as to whether he is dead or a prisoner of war. She keeps asking everybody but cannot find out a thing.”

PLEASE HELP ME FIND MY DADDY!

This stuck out to me most because this is what still goes on today and most children never find out what happens to their father when he goes to war. Bizz Johnson did reply back to the mother and son who had the curiosity for their loved one. He replied with :

“Arthur S. Mearns, is listed as ‘missing-in-action’”

This letter was very dear to my heart I wouldn’t have been able to be the wife of Arthur S. Mearns and be able to just take the response Bizz gave her I would have more curiosities growing and be wanting to know more about his whereabouts.