AT FIRST I THOUGHT THEY WERE MP (MILITARY POLICE) THEY WORE SHARP, CUSTOM TAILORED NAVY UNIFORMS WITH BLACK BERET S.

I WAS CURIOUS BECAUSE THESE MEN DID NOT TALK & ACT LIKE

REGULATION NAVY. I WENT WITH THEM TO CORONADO US NAVY BASE.

TO THE BASE COMMAND BUILDING. SEVERAL MEN IN CIVIES, BEARDS &

BERETS.

INSIDE, ABOUT 8 HOURS OF ANSWERING QUESTIONS, IN DETAIL.

ABOUT MY LIFE & 4 YEARS IN THE US NAVY. THEY WERE ALSO

INTERESTED BECAUSE I HAD 2 BIRTH CERTIFICATES, 2 REAL LAST NAMES.

LEGALLY I COULD USE EITHER LAST NAME. (MY FATHERS OR MY STEP

FATHERS) IT WAS ALWAYS TROUBLE FOR ME BEFORE & WOULD BECOME

A PROBLEM FOR LIFE, NOW.

I ALREADY RECEIVED NOTICE THAT MY CURRENT ENLISTMENT WAS

EXTENDED, AS HAD ALL US NAVY PERSONNEL NEAR DISCHARGE DATE.

A NATIONAL EMERGENCY CALLED FREEDOM FOR THE REPUBLIC OF

SOUTH VIETNAM.

DURING QUESTIONING WE WERE SERVED MEALS &COFFEE.

AFTER 20 PAGES WERE TYPED & RECORDED CONCERNING MY TRIPS

INTO & NEAR CHINA & VIETNAM, THE THREE TOOK ME TO A BAR

IN NATIONAL CITY, INTRODUCED ME TO A GROUP OF MEN & WOMEN.

EVERYONE NOT ALREADY IN A DRUNKEN STUPOR PROCEEDED TO DO SO.

THE MEN HAD LONG HAIR (BY US NAVY STANDARDS) & BEARDS.

SEVERAL WORE THE BLACK BERET, ALL WORE CIVILIAN CLOTHES.

MOST OF THE WOMEN WORE NOTHING AT ALL,