"Just about that time I was surrounded, grabbed, and hustled into a hangar. There was a platform all decorated with red, white and blue bunting, like ...ou'd see at a Fourth of July parade.Guys in suits were mixed in with Generals in uniforms on the platform. About 250 other uniforms were milling around below the stand. Everyone of them were pilots or aircrew."Attention on Deck!" "Attention to Orders!"In seconds the rabble turned into two blocks of men with a lane between."You gonna walk or do we. We were in a club, the music was throbbing, and the liquor was flowing. I danced with many men that night- tall, short, muscular, fat, it didn't matter. I was having a great time and eventually lost track of my friend.I realized suddenly that I really had to piss, so I staggered off the dance area, past the bar and to the ladies room, where I did my business. I was washing my hands when I felt a sudden wave of dizziness come over me. I slid to my knees and passed out.What seemed like hours. Then we started making to go to the party. He tell me the part start at 10:00pm, he was going to leave he's house at 9:00pm he toll me he wood be at my at 9:40pm. Then the teacher come out and ring the bell, tell us class is going to start. The next three day when by so slow.It is Friday event abut 9:30pm my family are in bed. I get up and get dress, and open the window and walk the end of the drive. At 9:40pm he came to the end of the drive in the buggy, he got out and help me into the buggy. . Looking in each other's eyes, we saw all of that. And we both knew that the other knew all of that. And the smiles stayed in place. For the next too many years, we drank coffee together and talked to each other. We learned the names of each other's loved ones. We asked about the school plays and the big games and the illnesses and injuries of each other's children. We shared our career triumphs and tragedies and the anecdotes of our boneheaded bosses and airheaded coworkers. We shared stories.