The Wrecking Crew
“Her motives might be questionable, her morals might leave something to be desired—not that I was in a position to criticize on that score—and her eye for pictures, while accurate, wasn’t characterized by much in the way of freshness and originality, but her talent for organization was awe-inspiring.
Usually, on a job like that, you spend half your time waiting for somebody to find a key to unlock a gate, or for somebody’s secretary to get back from a two-hour cup of joe so she can tell you the ...big boy’s left for the golf course and you’d better come back in the morning. There was no such monkey business here. Everywhere we came, they were expecting us; and I’d be led straight to the battlefield, aimed in the right direction, and told to commence firing.
In Luleå I thought she was going to spoil her perfect record. One morning, a polite but firm young lieutenant in the off-green uniform of the Swedish Army had come up to inform us that we were operating inside the military protection district of Boden’s fortress— that same mysterious fortification that had caused our airliner to make a detour the week before.MoreLess
Usually, on a job like that, you spend half your time waiting for somebody to find a key to unlock a gate, or for somebody’s secretary to get back from a two-hour cup of joe so she can tell you the ...big boy’s left for the golf course and you’d better come back in the morning. There was no such monkey business here. Everywhere we came, they were expecting us; and I’d be led straight to the battlefield, aimed in the right direction, and told to commence firing.
In Luleå I thought she was going to spoil her perfect record. One morning, a polite but firm young lieutenant in the off-green uniform of the Swedish Army had come up to inform us that we were operating inside the military protection district of Boden’s fortress— that same mysterious fortification that had caused our airliner to make a detour the week before.MoreLess
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