Licorice, Red, Black, or Yellow Dismay

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	• The Flight Lieutenant's Court Martial - Part 1 John W. Cassell Amazon, 2007 - 37 pages average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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Licorice, Red, Black, or Yellow Dismay

After an exquisite motivational speech from the leader, to his newly boot-camped men, the setting boomed large, street-marshal-charged, with a parade out of town to swells of a crowd:

>> They broke into wild cheers as we began moving down Highway One. Many threw ginger blossoms and palm fronds at the vehicles as they lumbered by. It was, I was told, the traditional 'blessing' for those embarking on a long, perilous journey, which also according to island tradition, was just about any journey.

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A Military Short With Universal Appeal

Cassell should stick to writing stories [such as this one] and let someone else do his product reviews. If you haven't read the product blurb "Cassell speaks about..." DON'T!!!! This story is one suspenseful circumstance after another. Besides the overall question of how they are ever going to make it, are the other situational ones leading up to the thrilling "who is the traitor???" The interaction between the young officer and his men is very good...as is the green officer's deferential attitude toward his senior NCO...intermixed with the question whether he is secret police [!!]. Throughout the long trek through the mountains with this valuable cargo..with the Communists likely to appear at any moment... you feel the camaraderie growing among the men, their commander and their industrial companions. It's the kind of military stuff with universal appeal. It's a story for anyone about pulling together...trust in the face of great trial...and personal bravery for the benefit of others. Militarily it's a story of devotion to mission accomplishment and a green officer building trust with his raw recruits, not to mention rapport wth the all important senior NCO and the people he is escorting... all the while keeping a sharp lookout for the guerrilla force that the odds say is going to crush them somewhere along the long and winding [literally] road. Five Stars!!!! For another cassellesque treatment of the challenges of mission accomplishment, see the chapters beginning with 'Janus in November' in linked product.Hell's Quest: 1971 For the same challenges facing police see Odyssey: 1970 and for freaks on the hostile open road see Odyssey and linked product An Aquarian Tragedy by James Mundell. M.V. Dooley

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Inventive and thought provoking

A young Flt. Lt. leads his men into the unknown on a mission that may be vital or may simply be politically expedient. On the way, John Cassell weaves the threads of race relations, courage, threachery and death into a story that puts the reader into the shoes of the young man as he tries to overcome his inexperience and bring his men safely to their objective. The story and its sequel are taken from a larger work but the snippets of information given by Cassell, such as the fate of Connie, only serve to heighten the drama. Read this one and you will want to immediately read the sequel. I just did so and I reckon that you will not be disappointed.
It is inventive and thought provoking storytelling.

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A young white officer, bedevilled by the kidnapping of his girlfriend, leads a platoon of black soldiers along with irreplaceable construction experts and equipment across guerilla-infested mountains to build a critically needed airstrip on the west side of the Isle of St. Margaret's just days from its independence from Great Britain in 1973. On the way, he shoots his sergeant major to prevent a mutiny and the failure of the mission. The mission is ultimately successful but the political leadership determines to court martial him for the ?murder of a noncommissioned officer whilst on a mission under arms?. The penalty is death by firing squad. Part One is the story of that mission, its near destruction by Communist guerillas, its ultimate success against impossible odds.

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