Both Albert Wakefield and Marshall Belmaine, gay partners, were active in the gay scene in Boston in the 1970’s through the 1990’s. They formed gay men’s organizations, such as the Homophile Union, Papa Gayos, and “The Gay Co-op.” and motorcycle/leather clubs for gay men called the Vikings. Al Wakefield entered a program for PTSD sufferers around 1994. He worked as a janitor in an elementary school and left that job to enter a PTSD program. Marshall Belmaine served in Vietnam in the Marines, and Al Wakefield served in the Army, also in Vietnam. Marshall was injured in Vietnam in the Quang Tri Republic in Spring of 1967. One or both men are believed to now reside in Florida.]]>