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The locker arranged: B-15 jacket, crew plate, wallet, and gloves

The Book

Fifteen chapters

Read in order, or open any chapter the way a family opens a box — wherever the hand lands. Every chapter has a synthetic reading. It will keep playing while you move through the book.

  1. 01The Weight of Small MachinesListen. This chapter has a reading.Martinez, California — 1938–1941
  2. 02The Strip by the TracksListen. This chapter has a reading.Martinez waterfront — 1927 to February 1943
  3. 03The Locked DoorListen. This chapter has a reading.Houghton, Michigan — winter–spring 1943
  4. 04Nine Hundred Miles SouthListen. This chapter has a reading.Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama & a Florida primary school — spring–summer 1943
  5. 05The SpecialistListen. This chapter has a reading.Hendricks Field, Sebring, Florida — summer 1944
  6. 06Nine StrangersListen. This chapter has a reading.Tampa & Avon Park, Florida — August–November 1944
  7. 07Station 119Listen. This chapter has a reading.Horham, Suffolk — January 1945
  8. 08Eight Empty PlacesListen. This chapter has a reading.Horham, Suffolk — February 3, 1945
  9. 09Mission OneListen. This chapter has a reading.Chemnitz, Germany — February 14, 1945
  10. 10Ninety-Four HoursListen. This chapter has a reading.February–March 1945
  11. 11Borrowed AircraftListen. This chapter has a reading.March–April 1945
  12. 12UtrechtListen. This chapter has a reading.May 1945
  13. 13What Came BackListen. This chapter has a reading.June 1945 and after
  14. 14The NumberListen. This chapter has a reading.What the paperwork says, and what it cannot settle
  15. 15Uncle SamListen. This chapter has a reading.Martinez, California — 1954–1959