Hood, TX. Ft. Hood was undergoing a massive buildup of troops at this time to support the fight in Vietnam. My number came up a bit later and I wound ...p going to Vietnam in the middle of 1969. I was assigned to the 5th Signal Command and spent the majority of my time at Long Binh. I am neither bragging nor complaining when I say that the few times that I was anywhere near hostile fire were solely because the enemy couldn't shoot straight. My team had the responsibility for one station on the. He slowly tied the other end of each rope to a corner of the bed, I heard him say softly “It really is too bad this isn’t a four poster bed, but we’ll make due” and I let his words create an image in my mind of four columns of wood, the kind with the ball on the top. He made sure that I had some movement of my arms and legs, not enough to touch anything but enough to keep any muscles from cramping. This wasn’t about pain, this was about deprivation. He whistled softly, some tune I didn’t. Finally he asked."What is your name?"She burst out laughing."What's so funny?" You have no idea how many times I've heard that of a Saturday morning after a Friday night all-nighter."I thought you knew. You've been calling me by it ever since I started working for you." Sultry?"She nodded."Sultry Shingle?" She nodded, "The secretary at the office called you Jessica." That's what the town calls me," she said. "I never bothered to correct them." I like Sultry." It means passionate, attractive,. I went up, and I went down. I went 2m to either side. I stopped in front of where I believed the door was and placed both hands on the wall I saw.Closing my eyes, I concentrated. After several minutes, I swore again and turned to Mica, “It had a trap spell on it, and I triggered it. I can’t seem to unravel the new spells. They seem to keep reinventing themselves as fast I try to break them. We many need to find another way out of here.”I moved down the wall several metres and investigated the.