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Chapter 1: “The green flash should happen at any moment.” The speaker of that line was my best friend, if people still use that phrase,  for the past 45 years, Conor Sean Kennedy. We were on the deck of his … Continue reading →

The sub-title of Hunter Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is “A Savage Journey To The Heart of The American Dream.” I was thinking about this yesterday for two reasons. First, I was wearing my “Fear and Loathing” t-shirt … Continue reading →

We were quiet for a few moments and he said “Lets go for a walk. “ Crossing the street we headed down Weyprechtstrasse and after a block or so we paused and he said “This used to be a park … Continue reading →

In the end, it had not been difficult to convince my father to go to Austria with me. While I am sure that my desire to understand his war experience and write a story about it was a part of … Continue reading →

 Epilogue Epilogue: “We learned in school that millions of years ago, the Vienna Woods, now stand was the shore of a vast ocean. The scene must have been fantastic, with monster waves crashing into the hills, and huge fish cruising … Continue reading →

We arrived back at the Augsburg at a little past noon.  Andrews had the farm boy GI’s take the Gasoline drum from the back of the truck and bring it to the conference room where the Crown’s trunk was held. … Continue reading →

Chapter 30 Well, not exactly empty. The velvet lined case held clear indents of where the Crown, Scepter and Orb had been kept along with a few pieces of cloth and what I was told later was St. Stephen’s Sword. … Continue reading →

Colonel Pajtas and Granville had a history. Granville had been assigned to take Pajtas and his men into custody. Pajtas and his men had treated him with arrogance and disrespect. Granville had to remind them that they were prisoners and … Continue reading →