Bøger af Jeremiah Davis

High on a mountain in the Bavarian Forest in 1975, U.S. Army and Air Force Cold War signals intelligence operatives target Soviet and Czechoslovak military entities across the nearby border. The young Americans at this small outpost live among German villagers in the valley below. A suspected communist agent operates a café frequented by Americans, and a National Security Agency analyst is assigned to observe him covertly while on temporary duty at the military base. Meanwhile, a disillusioned U.S. Army chaplain on medical leave has quietly taken up residence at the village church as he strives to regain the faith he lost in a tragedy related to the fall of Saigon. The two join forces and deal with illicit sex, a failed suicide, and drug trafficking, as well as the threat posed by the suspected agent.The detachment's closely knit soldiers and airmen are not typical service members. Many have at least a year or two of college and have been trained as linguists and intelligence analysts. All have well above average IQs, and nearly all have a self-taught working knowledge of German, a necessary skill in a rural area where few of the villagers speak English. The young Americans' lifestyle of lax discipline and alcohol-induced misadventures are a mix of M*A*S*H and Animal House, but they perform their duties with distinction, knowing that they are sentinels on the front line of freedom.This is the final installment in a trilogy describing life at Army Security Agency border sites in Germany during the Cold War. These isolated posts were closed in the mid-1970s when operations were consolidated at a central point in Augsburg. ASA itself ceased to exist in 1976 when it was subsumed into the Army's Intelligence and Security Command. The author hopes that this book and its companions keep the memory of the border sites and their lifestyle alive even after the last ASA veteran has answered the final bugle call. Semper Vigilis.

Heather Johnson was a 38-year old wife and mother of two small girls when she was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer. She resolved during her five years of treatment to write about her experiences, her victories, her setbacks, her ups and downs, and her hopes and dreams for the future. Most of all, she wanted to write of her love for her daughters, her husband, and her family. She intended to publish her writings in book form when she was declared cancer-free. One of her post-cancer goals was to work as an advocate for other cancer patients, to help them through the maze of procedures and red tape, to give them hope, to inspire them to become the kind of fierce and determined warrior that she was. Heather's slogan was: Live! Survive!! THRIVE!!! Heather's family and friends ("The Tribe") trust that this book will give you hope and determination, whether or not you are a cancer patient. Live as Heather did. Live each day to the fullest. Love to the maximum and beyond. Love yourself and nurture your body and your spirit. If you are knocked down, get up. Again and again and again. You are a warrior. You are a survivor.Sections of this book will make you laugh aloud. Others will bring you to tears. Heather's wit, wisdom, courage, faith, and love will certainly inspire you.

What separates the innocent and the evil is opportunity. Only the criminal can truly understand this. Step into the mind of the murderer and discover how close we all are to darkness.