20: The Code
ON THE THIRD DAY, RUBY’S body arrived at Offutt Air Force Base, headquarters of the U.S. Strategic Command, the Air Force Weather Agency and the 55th Wing, the largest wing of the United States’ Air Combat Command. It was an imposing presence in Sarpy County, Nebraska.
Sully White walked alongside Jade Rose to meet her daughter’s flag-draped casket on the tarmac.
As they stood to wait for the coffin to be brought out of the belly of the aircraft, White wondered how Ruby Iris Williams had gone from the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division, which specialised in parachute assault operations, to becoming undercover as a Cultural Attaché.
It wouldn’t be far-fetched, he thought. She was intelligent, well-educated, beautiful, and charming. He reflected on this. And now, he could see a bit
