Chapter Thirty, Arch Patton: The Bering Sea

Chapter Thirty, Arch Patton: The Bering Sea

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  CHAPTER THIRTY Reconnaissance in Force   My mission statement had been short. I concluded the situation report and then waited for my team to begin the questions and cross-examination. I expected the silence to be brief, and I wasn’t disappointed. “This...
Chapter Sixteen, Arch Patton: The Bering Sea

Chapter Sixteen, Arch Patton: The Bering Sea

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CHAPTER SIXTEEN NOT UNMINDFUL OF THE FUTURE Dutch smoked his Lucky Strike and then started another. I allowed him some time alone, to think about his situation, as well as what we might do about it. I climbed back toward the cleft, to examine the vein of copper and...