Matt introduced me to a buddy of his, Joe, and together we bonded like the girls of The Group, and for the same reasons. The story of the friendship of a group of Vassar College women who deal together with discrimination, jobs, and men, The Group also had a secret lesbian character who gave us an idea. ![]() His name was Matt, and we laughed when we found we both loved the movie The Group, based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Mary McCarthy. The first gay man I met was at the aid station located in Dong Ha near the DMZ. I’d hoped to avoid ground combat by enlisting in the Navy, but within nine months of joining, I found myself in Vietnam.ĭuring those long 13 months at war, the one good thing was the circle of friends I made, first as a hospital corpsman in an aid station in the jungle, and then onboard the hospital ship Repose. ![]() Four years in the Navy felt like my only option. My family was poor, and I was failing out of high school.
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