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"A's" in both courses, I hadn't thought it important enough to have them entered in my service record. In English, she commented, "Well, I'll be damned. Let's have a drink to celebrate. This will put you at least three months ahead of schedule in training. I'll call the Colonel in the morning and give him the good news."

"Russian is probably harder than Swedish," I said, "so why not start on it next?”

"That'll be fine," she replied, “I'll ask unc us the Russian lessons next."

"Uncle?" I queried.

the Colonel so send

"Yes, Greta, he is my uncle, but please don't ever tell anyone." She smiled impishly and added, "Everyone thinks we're lovers, and it boosts his ego to let them think he is able to squire around such a cute chick

as me.

“I'll carry your secret to my grave, Helen,” I said solemnly - and then giggled just like a girl.

I was getting more and more accustomed to wearing feminine clothes and actually missed the feel of long hair on my cheeks and neck when I removed my wig at bed time. The days passed into months. My beard was gone and I didn't miss shaving one bit. I used a razor on my arms and legs until Helen suggested I use a depilatory. It lasted longer and I couldn't nick myself with a creme. My hair grew slowly and I cursed myself for wearing crew cuts all the time. Eventually, though, it was long enough for Helen to give me a permanent so that I found myself sleeping on curlers just as she had mentioned almost a year before.

Our days were busy. So busy that I had little time to think about my- self. The lessons in language were fairly easy, but learning Greta's way of life was difficult and time consuming. And Helen had added singing lessons to our schedule, because Greta's main role was that of a night- club singer. But when we had retired for the night, I had time for reflec- tions as I removed my makeup and got ready for bed.

I no longer asked myself how I had gotten into this situation as I no longer recognized Sergeant Larker when I looked into the mirror- after all, how many First Sergeants could put their hair up in curlers; or didn't have to shave; or intentionally put on lipstick instead of wip- ing off traces of it after a date? Not many!

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