Mail Call for All A.A.s in the Armed Forces

One of the strongest motives behind the starting of The Grapevine--in fact the main thing that pushed the Editors from the talking to the acting stage--was the need so often expressed in letters from A.A.s in the Service for more A.A. news. We felt that their deep desire for a feeling of contact with A.A. might be fulfilled at least in part by such a publication--by us and for us. And, as the first issue emerged from the presses, a letter came to one of the Editors from a woman A.A., a Second Lieutenant stationed in an out-of-the-way place. It was a cry for help: