I was in the U.S. Army and stationed in Heidelberg, Germany. I was a stenograph on the staff of General Frederick J. Kroesen, the four-star Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe. This was one of my best assignments in the Army.

One day, I went to the bank on Campbell Barracks for a simple transaction. Before leaving the teller's window, I counted the change she had given me and realized that she had short-changed me by $20.00. I brought this to her attention, but she insisted that she had given me t...