Why I locked myself in this façade for all this time I don't know. I guess I thought I should make the rest of the world miserable." Gail said as her...words got more and more emotional. She was on the verge of crying when she finished."I want you to help me like you said you would. I want to be fucking normal. I swore when I woke up this morning I would be Gail who woke up that morning back in '97 waiting for Mom and Sis to arrive. My Aunt Midge was a bitch who hated me. She couldn't wait for me. " I know, it felt so natural and gave me the chills. I think you are rightwhen you said I am just a lesbian trapped in a boy's body. Now thateveryone knows who I really am, I can freely admit it." What are you going to do for school when summer is over?" Amy asked,concerned."Just go back to school like nothing happened. Some people will recognizeme from the paper and try belittling me. But I will just hold my headhigh and smile." Well good for you Nikki and I will support you." Thanks, Amy.. ********** At seven o’clock that evening, Lynda was chuckling as they headed down the highway from southern Maryland into Virginia. ‘You were right about your mother, Charles. She is one of the nosiest women I’ve ever met! But she’s so kind about it that you can’t help but like her!’ Then Tom said, ‘I can also see why you said I looked more like your brother! Mike and Paul look nothing like you. As a matter of fact, none of you look very much alike! Are you sure you’re mother wasn’t… messing. There were about 600 Marines and 400 more in reserve. In that initial phase there were only 2 tanks in the assault, against an enemy dug into an urban defense defined as house-to-house fighting. It was a situation better suited to an assault force of 6,000 with at least a full armored regiment in support. Problem was, at that time, 1 or 2 Infantry Battalions only rated 2 or 3 tanks for support. The paucity of Armor and the lack of training to employ Armor led to its defeat on the.