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I’m not even going to try and imagine how you managed to pull that one off, Lieutenant Hoddin.’ Major Frank Falzoni’s remark was supposed to be a serious question whilst there was a playful glint in his eyes in as he looked down at Mary Lee walking by his side, across the great expanse of the U-Tapao US Military Airfield bristling with activity all around them.
‘Nothing to it. I simply put in a GH/3 request to escort you on your final flight out.’
‘And was it approved? All the way to Berlin?’
‘I’m sure it will be -- Colonel Sully doesn’t come into his office until later this morning.’ Mary Lee gave a cheeky smile up at Frank. ‘To make sure I was fulfilling my assigned duty of providing you with my assistance, courtesy of PR Division of the Twenty-Fourth Indo-Pacific Marines, wheneve
