In this area of Vietnam it seems that the war is over, and if it isn't, well I'm protected as well as anyone in this country. I work nights surrounded by 12' steel and concrete revetments. At night, when Charlie sends in his rockets nothing short of a direct hit will do me much damage. I'm still miserable, but at least I'm better off than the TV who wrote a year and a half ago. If instead of thinking in terms of 220 days to go I can keep thinking of my time left in small installments (X days to R & R, Y after that until I get my assignment, and so on) I may make it out of here klive and sane.

Well, thanks for taking the time to read this. And thanks for the prompt service I always receive from Chevalier.

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Peace go with you John W.

Dear Virginia,

I believe that my previous order has qualified me to receive an application to F.P.E. and I would appreciate receiving one with the enclosed order.

My reason for writing this letter is to try and express what your publications have done for myself and my wife and to point out an error which I, and possibly other TV's, have made with disastrous results.

I discovered your book "The Transvestite and his Wife" by accident in what can only be called a dirty book store about a month ago. Until that time my passion for dressing had always been accompanied by very strong guilt feelings despite an understanding and cooperative wife. When dressed I felt I was letting my wife down and every word she said or action she took was weighed very carefully in my mind, usually with the conclusion that she disapproved.

This, of course, led to many fights and a worsening of my guilt feelings to a point where dressing became a necessary chore rather than the joy that it is.

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