The Storm

FOREWORD

I have been sitting on this mystery for several years now at the earnest request from two, true, American heroes. I have kept my promise as a personal favor to them not to publish this story, which has been very hard for me as a now seasoned journalist. This story has been hidden from public knowledge since 1965 . If published, it would have caused these men to have forfeited their lives, simply because of my pen and ink. A very poor trade-off indeed, not only because I would have been responsible for their deaths, but also because of my intense admiration for them both. I can now freely present the events that led up to this discovery without the fear of perilous consequences to their lives, because they have both now passed on. They asked me to wait for such a time, and I was true to my promise. I am now free to have this go to print. Without being too sentimental about it, I can truly say that they both changed my life and continue to do so to this very day, as you shall see. I would earnestly hope that you too, dear reader, will remember our “hidden heroes ” that have risked their lives, and at times forfeited them, so that we may all live quiet and peaceable lives. Hidden heroes have always been out there, and for the sake of freedom and liberty, were caught in the middle of impossible situations. I have great appreciation and admiration for them all. Warriors such as these have had to live out their lives in obscurity, fear, and anonymity. If you are one of them, I salute you. I would like to remind us all that unknown to us, while we live out our normal daily lives, there have been intense and dangerous secret events taking place that would shock and