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AMERICANS -- U.S. NAVY, ABOARD MINESWEEPER USS PELICAN (AM 49), MANILA BAY Alton C. Ingram, Lieutenant. βTodd,β Commanding Officer Frederick J. Holloway, Lt. (jg), Operations Officer. Oliver P. Toliver, III, Lt. (jg) βOllie,β Gunnery Officer. Bartholomew, Leonard (n), Chief Machinists Mate, βRocky,β Chief Engineer. Farwell, Luther A., Quartermaster Second Class, Top helmsman. Hampton, Joshua P., Electronics Technician 1st Class, Crew Whittaker, Peter L., Engineman 3rd Class, Crew Forester, Kevin T. Quartermaster 3rd Class, Crew Forester, Brian I., Quartermaster Striker, Crew Yardly, Ronald R., Pharmacist's Mate Second Class βBones,β Crew. Sunderland, Kermit G. Gunner's Mate 1st Class, Crew. AMERICANS
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AMERICANS - U. S. NAVY, HAWAII Chester W. Nimitz,
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Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised. The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli PROLOGUE 16 June 1941 Union Station El Paso, Texas The killer's code name was HECKLE.
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A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernhard Shaw
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John J. Gobbell (Somewhere in the South Pacific (Todd Ingram, #7))
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And while on cold, concrete walls, stark shadows of medical teams silently danced their bizarre renditions of mercy, Ingram tread further, dodging heaps that moaned and writhed.
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For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open⦠Mark 4:22
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people. My country is not one of intellectual depravity or religious fanaticism. My country is not one governed by a constitutional system so ridiculous and so cumbersome, it openly invites incompetence and corruption and political cripples. My country is not one so militarily feeble that she cannot keep treaties such as a pledge" he waved an arm around the room, "to defend the Philippines. My country--
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The sadness of evil men is that they believe no truth that does not paint the world in their colours.
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John J. Gobbell (When Duty Whispers Low (Todd Ingram, #3))
John J. Gobbell (A Code for Tomorrow (Todd Ingram, #2))
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giving the wallet's contents a glistening, hemoglobin cast.
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You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as his friends. Lord Jim Joseph Conrad
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John J. Gobbell (A Code for Tomorrow (Todd Ingram, #2))
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The sadness of evil men is that they believe no truth that does not paint the world in their colours. Eric Ambler The Schirmer Inheritance
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John J. Gobbell (When Duty Whispers Low (Todd Ingram, #3))
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Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised. The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli
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TO THE FALLEN Sleep my sons, your duty done For Freedomβs light has come. Sleep in the silent depths of the sea Or in your bed of hallowed sod Until you hear at dawn the low, Clear reveille of God.
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endure, letting deep emotions get too tangled and blocked.
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Forgive your neighborβs injustice. Then when you pray, your own sins will be forgiven. βEcclesiasticus 28:2
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John J. Gobbell (Edge of Valor (Todd Ingram, #5))
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God and the soldier We like adore In times of danger Not before
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bean raised in Kona nearby on the big Island of Hawaii.
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John J. Gobbell (A Code for Tomorrow (Todd Ingram, #2))
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For company he had a grease-stained paperback copy of Ian Flemingβs Thunderball. Jerry yawned as he flipped pages, envying James Bond as he thwarted assassins and terrorists, darting from close call to close call and from bed to bed, barely lingering to enjoy the scent of the gorgeous women who found him irresistible.
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You can give without loving, but you canβt love without giving.
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John J. Gobbell (The Neptune Strategy (Todd Ingram, #4))
John J. Gobbell (The Last Lieutenant (Todd Ingram, #1))
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the destroyers that formed the outer picket line.
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return to the grim business of living.
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