Before it was all over we would suffer over five hundred killed or wounded. At least a dozen times I was detailed to carry body bags or stretchers to ...he chopper pad for evac.On July 18th, the worst thing that could happen did. A Chinook bringing in a load of howitzer shells took fire and crashed. Right on top of the one-oh-five battery and their ammo supply point. The place went up like a roman candle. The explosions and fires went on for hours. All six guns were destroyed with several killed. John had heard there was a shortage of women here, obviously the information on his galactic atlas must be out of date. There was also gambling and a few sim machines. He found Lisa passing him a small glass and as green as he was, he knew strong liquor when saw it. He didn’t want to show himself up in front of Lisa so bravely took a largish sip. Lisa knocked hers straight back. She poured herself another and gripped the bottle in the other hand ready to pour. While she relaxed into the. Throughout that spring, I resolved that I was going to tell her when the time felt right, and in April, after we had both had a few drinks, I was lying in bed next to her, and finally told her that I enjoyed dressing up in female clothing, and had an “alter ego” called Laura. She was quiet at first, and obviously a bit overwhelmed, but it gradually sank in as I told her more about it. Thankfully, she confessed she had been worried that my preoccupation was because I might have been seeing. "I should ask was going on," David said softly. "But I already know, I guess I should have known a lot longer. I don't know where I went wrong. I did my best after your mother..."No one could speak. And for a second, the room seemed to deafen with the silence. I had, at least, managed to try and cover my breasts, my arms crisscrossed to each of the opposite hand. Jennifer had hardly reacted as our stepdad, the only dad we had ever known, tried to make sense of the situation and what he should.