WASHINGTON, D.C. (LEX 18) — No cell phones, no emails — to stay in touch with a loved one stationed overseas during the Vietnam War, families relied on snail mail.

For soldiers, receiving mail might have been their only escape from war. Mail might as well have been tangible morale. To tap into that nostalgia all these years later, Honor Flight Kentucky enlisted friends, family and even strangers to write their veterans for a traditional "mail call" during the final hours of this weekend's trip.

In those days, letters reached Vietnam in as little as three days thanks to innovations in cargo containers and automated location tracking, according to USPS.

David Brown could hardly wait for his letters.

When asked who would have been writing him, he excitedly answered, "Well, my wife! She wa

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