But this problem was eventually solved when they drove to Las Vegas and found a somewhat senile and near sighted justice of the peace who apparently did not notice the not too well hidden curves of the groom and married them. They returned to Los Angeles and to all who knew them, they were two bachelor girls sharing an apartment. They made friends with many of both sexes and lived a happy and interesting life.

Two weeks ago, a letter for Mike Dolan c/Michele Duval had ar- rived containing the information that there was to be reunion of his air force squadron and that memebers of his crew were to be there. She knew she should not attend, but felt that she would like to do so.

The cab squealed to a stop in front of the hotel and Michele reached in her purse and paid the driver and entered the lobby. All eyes were turned her way as she walked to the directory to learn in which meeting hall the reunion was being held. Gracefully she ascended the stairs leading to the mezzanine and to the small banquet room where the reunion was now underway.

The entry of the beautiful woman into a room mostly filled with middle- aged men stopped all conversation for a moment and she drank in the admiration which she felt they extended to her. Finally she noticed the table at which the crew of the 'Jelly Bee', sat with one empty chair. She moved closer and looked intently at her former friends of another life.

Then having satisfied this peculiar curiosity, she turned and murmured softly, "Pardon me, I must be in the wrong place." Leaving her admiring audience she left the room and descended the stairway to the lobby wondering if anyone would miss Mike Dolan and wonder why he had not attended this important affair.

. In escaping from the Germans during the war, she had truly excaped into a life much more to her liking and more rewarding in many ways. She was very happy in it and having looked back for one last time at Mike Dolan's world she knew she would live the rest of her life as Michele most contentedly.

'C'est Le Guerre, and C'est la Vie, n'est pas?????????????

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