FOR THE SENDER

FOR THE SENDER

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September 4, 2016 29 mins

Over the last couple of months, you've heard words and music weaving together into the true story of For The Sender: Love Letters from Vietnam.

You've heard the love letters Sergeant John Fuller sent to his wife decades ago when he was stationed in Vietnam. You've heard his daughter answer those letters back in time, after finding them buried in a closet during a recent move.

You've heard about how Sergeant Fuller's escape from his...

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In this serendipitous, full-circle episode of For The Sender: Love Letters from Vietnam, I meet a dog trainer who rescues dogs from shelters and trains them to be psychiatric service dogs for veterans.

I realize that the three things I depend on also ease the burdens carried by the veterans I've met with PTSD and traumatic brain injuries.

And what inspired the For The Sender project is the same force that will bring it to a close:

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August 22, 2016 37 mins

In this episode of For The Sender: Love Letters from Vietnam, I'll take you with me as I walk through the barn doors of Idaho's Swiftsure Ranch and into a world where PTSD and traumatic brain injuries wilt in the shadows of some very special horses.

You'll meet a Vietnam veteran who's never spoken about his time in combat and a veteran of multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan who depends on a makeshift cane to walk.

But that chang...

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August 14, 2016 30 mins

Here's Episode 9 of For The Sender: Love Letters from Vietnam, which is the true story with a soundtrack of an incredible correspondence into the past between a daughter in the present and her dad, who was a sergeant stationed in Vietnam in 1968.

This story has been unfolding week by week, so if this is your first time listening, you can go to forthesender.com/podcast to check out all the previous episodes just by going to forthese...

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August 9, 2016 30 mins

For The Sender: Love Letters from Vietnam is the true story with a soundtrack about an incredible correspondence into the past between a daughter and her dad, who was an Air Force sergeant stationed in Vietnam in 1968.

I'm going to take you behind the curtain again in Episode 8 and show you my thought process as I wrote this story of service, sacrifice, redemption, and forgiveness that the Huffington Post is calling 'important, enl...

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July 31, 2016 40 mins

For The Sender: Love Letters from Vietnam is the true story with a soundtrack about an incredible correspondence between a daughter and her dad, who was an Air Force sergeant stationed in Vietnam in 1968.

As the story unfolds here in Episode 7, I'm going to take you behind the curtain and show you my thought process as I wrote this story of service, sacrifice, redemption, and forgiveness that the Huffington Post is calling 'importa...

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July 24, 2016 45 mins

This is the true story with a soundtrack of an incredible correspondence between a daughter, Jennifer, and her father, who was a sergeant stationed in Vietnam in 1968.

As the story has unfolded, Jennifer has been answering letters that her dad wrote to her mom decades ago, which have been buried in a closet until now.

In the last episode we heard a couple of real newspaper articles detailing why she was answering these letters from...

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July 14, 2016 20 mins

Welcome to Episode 5 of For The Sender: Love Letters from Vietnam, a true story told about an incredible correspondence into the past between a daughter, Jennifer, and her dad, Sergeant John Fuller, who was stationed in Vietnam in 1968. If this is your first time listening, you may want to check out the previous episodes first, since the story unfolds one episode after another. You can find those by going to forthesender.com, scrol...

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July 10, 2016 28 mins

Welcome to Episode 4 of For The Sender: Love Letters from Vietnam, a true story told week by week about an incredible correspondence into the past between a daughter, Jennifer, and her dad, Sergeant John Fuller, who was stationed in Vietnam in 1968. If this is your first time listening, you may want to check out the previous episodes first, since the story unfolds one episode after another. You can find those by going to forthesend...

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For The Sender: Love Letters from Vietnam is a true story told week by week about an incredible correspondence into the past between a daughter, Jennifer, and her dad, Sergeant John Fuller, who was stationed in Vietnam in 1968. If this is your first time listening, PLEASE check out the previous episodes first, since the story unfolds sequentially, one episode after another and things will make a lot more sense once you're into the ...

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June 26, 2016 33 mins

Episode 1 found Alex sorting through an old box of love letters sent from a soldier stationed in Vietnam in 1968 to his young wife in East Texas. He also discovered another incredible letter sent back in time from the soldier's daughter, and took his first steps on an adventure that Huffington Post calls 'important, enlightening, and ultimately inspiring.'

In Episode 2, Alex meets a veteran from the Vietnam War and hears about his ...

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June 19, 2016 33 mins

Join Alex as he takes his first steps toward discovering what's hidden in a black box with the words 'Love Letters from Vietnam' etched on top. 

There is much more than letters laying in wait.

 

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