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"Send "Polo Washington,"" Whittaker ordered. '"Where Scarface.""
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Send' Send Third Letter Scarface Last Name,"" Whittaker ordered.
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"Send "Glad You All Made It,"" Whittaker said.
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"Send," Whittaker began, and then his voice broke, and when Ellis turned to look at him, he saw tears running down his cheeks.
"Send," Whittaker went on, '"Hold On. The Twenty-sixth Will Ride Again.
God Bless You All. Polo.""
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Captain James M. B. Whittaker, rather loudly, blew his nose. When he spoke, he had his voice under control.
""Scarface' is Master Sergeant Victor Alvarez, late of the Twenty-sixth Cavalry, Philippine Scouts. He was in the habit of calling Sergeant Withers "Sergeant BoomBoom' beca
use Withers blew things up."
"Clandestine station in the Philippines? "the lieutenant commander asked.
Whittaker nodded.
"Poor bastards!"
"Thank you for your assistance, Commander," Whittaker said formally.
"Let's get out of here, Ellis."
When they got in the Buick Roadmaster, Ellis reached into the glove compartment and came out with a pint bottle of Old Overholt. He handed it to Whittaker.
"Good for the sinuses," he said.
"I wish I had gone with you to Warm Springs, Ellis," Whittaker said tensely.
"It would have given me a chance to ask Uncle Franklin why the hell we have abandoned those guys."
"I suppose that's why the Colonel wanted you to run around in the woods in Virginia," Ellis said.
"Every time you tell off your uncle Franklin, he has to pick up the pieces."
"And what, exactly, he plans to do about it," Whittaker said.
"You might as well hear this now," Ellis said.
"They asked for money. There is Army brass, both here and in Australia, who are against it, because they think the Japs are using those people... what the Colonel calls 'turned agents."" "How much did they ask for?" Whittaker asked.
Ellis thought it was a strange question, but told him.
"A million, in gold, gold coins, for openers."