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being anything but an American Dependent Wife and her Jap- anese Maid anytime I was dressed as a woman, Those 3 days went like three hours for me. It was the first time in years that I had spend 3 full days as Ann.

We didn't do too much more of this for about two months. I got busy and flew a mission to the Phillipines and was gone for two weeks, And, we didn't want to take too much of a chance in Ashiya. It was a small fishing village and too many of my buddies knew Chieko. If she were seen too much with Ann, well there would be too many questions.

So it wasn't until I took a much deserved 30 day fur- lough that we really let Ann have her way. I had gotten my dependents ID Card and to boot Mama-san had even gotten me Commissary Card and Japanese Identification Card. It amazed me how she could do it--but many things the Japanese did amazed me so I was just happy that she thought to do these things for me. With all my new ID cards and some new dresses, and a complete new feeling of confidance, Chieko and I decided to go to Tokyo for a month. I would not take any male clothing with me. We would spend the entire time as two women on a holiday.

The night before I carefully shaved my entire body, and took a hot perfumed bath to rid myself of all the GI in me. That night I slept in a satin negligee that Mama- san had presented to me a few days earlier. It was the softest and most exhilerating garment I have ever worn be- fore or after. We awoke at 7 AM the next morning and I began dressing and making up. The train left at 11:30 AM and took 24 hours to make the trip from Ashiya to Tokyo, (going through a tunnel at one point to go from the island of Kyushu to the island of Hon shu). We had what would be the equivalent of a drawing room in this country and board- ed the train at 11:25.

The trip was uneventful and I was anxious to see Tokyo, the glitter, entertainment and nightclubs. Chieko was ex- cited too. She shared my thrill within and it seemed that when I was overjoyed she too sighed with delight. The next moring we crept into Tokyo and my month as ANN began.