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Dramatis Personae

(Historical figures are denoted by ^ψ)

Jean-Claude (Rod) Simone

Marie Simone—Rod’s mother

Henri Simone—Rod’s father

Nanette Simone—Rod’s sister

Major General Hank McCluney—Downed pilot, Rod’s adoptive father

Mary McCluney—Hank’s wife, Rod’s adoptive mother

Sandy Allison—Rod’s high-school girlfriend in Southern California

Julie Phillips—Colorado Women’s College student, Rod’s girlfriend in Colorado

United States Air Force Academy—Class of 1959

Nino Baldacci^ψ—Cadet (Poughkeepsie, NY)

Fred Delante—Cadet (Colorado Springs, CO)

Jeff Goldstein—Cadet (New York, NY)

Sylvester “Sly” Winston Jakes—Cadet (Boston, MA)

Manuel Rojo—Cadet (Albuquerque, NM)

George Sanders—Cadet (Ft. Worth, Texas)

United States Air Force Academy

Master Sergeant William H. Coltrin^ψ—USAFA Non-commissioned OIC

Lieutenant General James E. Briggs^ψ—USAFA Superintendent

Raf Garcia—waiter

Lieutenant General Hubert Harmon^ψ—first USAFA Superintendent

Captain Samuel P. Justice, USAF—Air Officer Commanding (AOC)

Ben Martin^ψ—USAFA football coach

Mrs. Gail McComas ^ψ—Cadet hostess, 1955 to 1977

First Lieutenant Tom Ranch, USAF—Air Training Officer (ATO)

Brigadier General Robert M. “Moose” Stillman^ψ—first Commandant of Cadets

Brigadier Henry R. Sullivan, Jr.^ψ—Commandant of Cadets

Colonel Albert E. Stoltz^ψ—Director, Air Force Academy Construction Agency

Colorado Springs

George Delante—Land developer and construction magnate

Elizabeth Delante—his wife

Jim-Tom Henderson—Owner, Pine Valley Airport and George’s business partner

Margaret Henderson—his sister

Darius Moore—El Paso county assistant district attorney

Washington, D.C.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower^ψ—U. S. President

The Honorable J. Edgar Chenoweth^ψ—Colorado Congressman

Ambassador T. Edward Phillips—Julie Phillip’s father

Francine Phillips—Julie Phillip’s mother

Other Locations

Colonel “Speedy” Beaumont—Hank McCluney’s wingman in WWII

Carol Gutheinz—Colorado Women’s College student

Tony Rafelli—Denver Post reporter

Barbara Richardson—Stanford student

Wendy Shelby—Colorado Women’s College student

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