...I found a girlfriend there, she was one of the Vietnamese girls there. She became my girlfriend, and she would come over and see me all the time, or I would even go to her house where her family lived. Her family would welcome me as well.... I would stay at her house a lot of the times, and I went down to the PX and bought a big TV, and I brought it back, gave it to papasan. He plugged it into a 1,000 foot of electric extension cord, and the house would be filled up with Vietnamese at night laughing at the TV shows. It was a lot of fun. I ate there. Mamasan had her wood burn kitchen out in the back. I'd bring papasan a cigarette. The girl, she got pregnant. I never realized at the time that it was actually a plot for her to get to the mainland.
.... I intended on supporting her all the way, and then when I got to Okinawa, I got letters because I told her where I was going to be. She gave me a list of things that she needed for the baby. . . .
Higgins: . . . Did you ever try to find out what happened?
Yes. I can't. I don't know how to find out. I would love to know what happened. If she's okay, if the child is okay, can I help the child in any way?... I just can't find her.