Being very pretty and very young, she was a hot commodity for anyone who had the money to pay for her services, and by the time she met Doug, she was nineteen years old and had been turning tricks for over a year. After years of having sex with thousands of strange men, Su Lin began to equate acceptance with sex, and it was only by giving her body that she was able to feel any sort self esteem. Doug promised her that some day he would get her out ‘Nam and take her to America, so as the war began to turn against the U.S. and with Doug’s hitch was coming to an end, he got help from army lawyers to obtain a passport for Su. In August of ‘73, Doug slipped her out of the brothel and put her on a plane to San Francisco. Two weeks later he was discharged from the service, and met her in California, and a month later, Doug and Su Lin were married in a little chapel just off Castro St. It was the start of what Doug hoped would be a happy life together, but he had no idea of the problems that were to arise almost immediately!!!

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