I have just forwarded your sons e-mail to my mother who has changed side in the WOT since Adam was killed on April 29th. All I can hope for is that opens her mind up again and gives her hope, as it has done for me.
I'm sorry to say that this is not my son's email. This brave Marine appears to be on of my peers who posts letters home at the website linked above.
Dave's biography from the website -
Major David G. Bellon, USMC was born in 1965...
...Dave left active duty in 1998 but remained in the Marine Corps Reserves as an infantry officer in a light armored battalion. Since leaving active duty, Dave and his partner, Joseph Lisiecki, have opened a successful law practice, Bellon and Lisiecki, LLP, in Southern California.
Dave is currently a Major in the Marine Corps and is serving as the Operations Officer of 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion.
Dave enjoys a wonderful family life with his wife, LCDR Sue Bellon ,Navy, and their two beautiful young children (As well as two very large dogs !).