le traveling through air ports. Wearing a military uniform in public in the United States was not a strategy one would use to become popular among the masses. I was not brought up in aIt was 1967 and I was overseas in a recon outfit. It had been many months since I had experienced any contact with a love interest from the good old USA. I had gone to mail call almost daily and received nothing but an occasional letter from my folks. Most of the guys who had come over with a love interest had lost out due to the infamous dear John letters. I was content to pass my time and wait to be released from the army and return home to a life that had been interrupted due to a draft call to the service of my country. At that time in American history there was considerable resentment to the war and to the armed services in general. During an emergency trip home because of severe problems I had been subjected to heckling while traveling through air ports. Wearing a military uniform in public in the United States was not a strategy one would use to become popular among the masses. I was not brought up in a daily and received nothing but an occasional letter from my folks. Most of the guys who had come over with a love interest had lost out due to the infamous dear John letters. I was content to pass my time and wait to be released from the army and return home to a life that had been interrupted due to a draft call to the service of my country. At that time in American history there was considerable resentment to the war and to the armed services in general. During an emergency trip home because of severe problems I had been subjected to heckling while traveling through air ports. Wearing a military uniform in public in the United States was not a strategy one would use to become popular among the masses. I was not brought up in antent to pass my time and wait to be released from the army and return home to a life that had been interrupted due to a draft call to the service of my country. At that time in American history there was considerable resentment to the war and to the armed services in general. During an emergency trip home because of severe problems I had been subjected to heckling while traveling through air ports. Wearing a military uniform in public in the United States was not a strategy one would use to become popular among the masses. I was not brought up in an history there was considerable resentment to the war and to the armed services in general. During an emergency trip home because of severe problems I had been subjected to heckling while traveling through air ports. Wearing a military uniform in public in the United States was not a strategy one would use to become popular among the masses. I was not brought up in ale traveling through air ports. Wearing a military uniform in public in the United States was not a strategy one would use to become popular among the masses. I was not brought up in a military background and was not thrilled with the idea of someone shooting at me and laying on a piece of ground with most of my body parts missing. I had been raised by responsible parents to act accordingly. I entered the military determined to fulfill that responsibility.

I went to mail call in my customary fashion expecting to be ignored. I was rewarded with a letter from a girl that knew my name and knew some things about me. I had never met this woman and her identity had escaped me. She began a writing campaign that would be the envy of anyone. She bombarded me with letters daily and I responded in kind. I was informed that she was an acquaintance of my sister. I had never met her but meant to look her up when I retur