Natalee King, 33
Scrolling through Facebook back in 2011, an unfamiliar face stood out to me.
Wow, he’s so attractive, I thought to myself. So, I asked my friend who took the snap to introduce us.
At the time I was living and working on Yokota Air Base – a US military base in Japan – where I worked in vehicle operations for the Air Force.
The guy in the photo also worked on the base – like lots of my friends.
And finally, being introduced in a bar, it wasn’t long until I was completely infatuated.
John, then 19, was a tall country boy with bright blue eyes and from our first meeting, we were inseparable.
One of my favourite memories of ours is when we did karaoke on a local Japanese radio station.
Singing Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show at the top of our lungs, we were young and carefree.
John was a port dog – in
