Griffin, W.E.B. - The Corps 03 - Counter Attack by Griffin W. E. B

Author:Griffin, W. E. B.
Language: eng
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"or what he wants. But pass the word to him to call Captain Haughton in the Secre-tary of the Navy's

office, as soon as he can. And then ask what we can do for him." He then called Rear Admiral Richard B. Sayre, who stood third in the chain of command at Pensacola, and was, at the mo-ment, the senior officer aboard. He reported what little he knew about Captain Pickering, and what steps he had taken. Admiral Sayre grunted, and then told Summers to keep him

posted.

Less than a minute later, Admiral Sayre called back. "Pickering, you said? The VIP from Washington?" "Yes, Sir." "Present my compliments to Captain Pickering, please, and inform him I would be pleased to receive him

at my office at his earliest convenience." "Aye, aye, Sir." Captain Fleming Pickering was driven directly to Admiral Sayre's office from the airfield. The Admiral's aide was waiting on the sidewalk when the staff car pulled up, and escorted him directly to the Admiral's

office. "Welcome to Pensacola, Captain," Admiral Sayre said. "May I offer you a cup of coffee, or something a little stronger?"

"Admiral, I feel like a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar," Fleming Pickering said. "I'm not here officially..."

"You did get the message to call Captain Haughton?" "Yes, Sir. I did. Thank you. Sir, I was about to say that I'm not here officially, and that what I hoped to do was get off and back on the base with no one noticing."

"Oh?"

"Sir, I've been over at Eglin Field on duty. I've got a seat on the courier plane to Washington from here tomorrow morning. I have some personal business in Pensacola." "I thought that might be it," Admiral Sayre said. "Sir?" Pickering asked, surprised. "He's a nice boy, according to both my wife and Doc Mclnerney," the Admiral said. "And actually, he's

the reason I asked you to come to see me." Pickering's surprise was evident on his face.

"Doc and I went through flight school here together," Admi-ral Sayre said. "We're still pretty close. When

your boy was sent here, Doc called me and told me about him. And you. I frankly found it comforting." "Sir?" "He spoke highly of your boy-Pick, they call him, don't they?"

"Yes, Sir."

"And he said that the only favor you asked of him was that the Marine Corps didn't make him a club officer. I thought that spoke well of you, Captain. And, as I said, I found that rather comforting."

"Comforting, Sir?" "Your son is in hot pursuit of my daughter," Admiral Sayre said. "I'm not supposed to know that, but I do."

Pickering didn't reply. "You don't seem surprised to hear that," the Admiral said.

Pickering knew more than his son thought he

knew about the boy's romantic affairs. There had been an astonishing number of them, and they could more accurately be described as "car-nal" than "romantic." "Pick is attracted to the ladies, Admiral," Pickering replied. "And vice versa. Actually, from what I've

seen, more the latter than the former. I can only presume your daughter is not only extraordinarily good looking, but something special.

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