{"id":34503,"date":"2026-08-24T14:20:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/us\/?p=34503"},"modified":"2026-08-24T14:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:20:41","slug":"three-soldiers-one-devastating-letter-and-a-joke-that-went-too-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/us\/three-soldiers-one-devastating-letter-and-a-joke-that-went-too-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Soldiers, One Devastating Letter, and a Joke That Went Too Far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Soldier Who Couldn&#8217;t Remember His Girlfriend<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A soldier was stationed abroad and received a \u201cDear John\u201d letter from his girlfriend back home. It read: \u201cDear Dave, I can no longer continue our relationship. The distance between us is just too great.<\/p>\n<p>I must admit that I have cheated twice, since you\u2019ve been gone, and it\u2019s not fair to either of us. I\u2019m sorry. Please return the picture of me that I sent you.<\/p>\n<p>Love, Kim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The soldier, with hurt feelings, stared at the letter for several minutes, reading it again and again as the words sank in. He had spent months counting the days until he could return home, and now, in just a few sentences, Kim had shattered everything he thought he was fighting to return to. Still, Dave refused to let her have the final word. He asked his fellow soldiers for any snapshots they could spare of their girlfriends, sisters, ex-girlfriends, aunts, cousins, or any other pretty women whose pictures happened to be lying around. Soon, the barracks became a treasure hunt for photographs. In addition to the picture of Kim, Dave included all the other pictures of pretty girls he had collected from his buddies. There were 43 photos in the envelope along with a note that read: \u201cDear Kim, I\u2019m so sorry but I can\u2019t remember who you are.<\/p>\n<p>Please take your picture from the pile, and send the rest back to me. Take care, Dave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the first time since opening Kim\u2019s letter, Dave smiled. He sealed the envelope, leaned back, and imagined her opening it and frantically searching through the photographs, wondering which one was hers. Whether she laughed, cried, or got angry, Dave knew one thing for certain: after everything she had written, she was no longer the only person who could decide how their story ended.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Grenade That Disappeared From The Helicopter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three Soldiers had just gotten out of the Army and decided to celebrate by taking a helicopter ride. 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