I Kept My Prom Dress for 55 Years Waiting for My High School Sweetheart Who Went to Vietnam — When We Finally Married, His Wedding Night Confession Changed Everything

me not to panic.

Mail was unreliable.

Men were moved around.

Sometimes weeks passed without news.

Then Everett’s parents received the notice.

He had been declared missing in action.

No body.

No grave.

No goodbye.

Just missing.

I hated that word.

Dead was terrible, but it was an answer.

Missing left the door open.

For years, I kept expecting Everett to walk through continue reading …