From:	Jeffrey Mach <mach@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject:	Re: I'll be home for Christmas
Date:	Tue, 30 Dec 1997 02:16:49 -0800

*****PRIVATE: Lilith
>>>>>[I think you hit the proverbial "bulls-eye" on that one.

I tried to get her to talk about it, but when I mentioned bombing, she
clammed up tighter than ever. She's always been an air-to-air specialist,
keeping up with her air-to-ground skill, only for the sake of being fully
rated. I have a sincere feeling that that was the first time she had ever
let loose something toward the ground towards a "live" target.

I guess that is what you get for being a warrior in peacetime. All of the
killing instincts and skills. None of the type of hardening to get you
through what you are left with after a real fight. I think she just held
it all in until she got home and now its hitting her hard.

She's a lot stronger than I will ever be, so I think she just
needs a little time.]<<<<<
-- Vernier <12:17:32/12-30-58 PST>