The 22nd Secret (90 page)

“
Unl
e
ss she m
e
t so
m
e
o
n
e
or
wa
s t
r
a
ined
f
o
r su
r
v
i
v
a
l
i
n these
c
ondi
t
ions, she
’
s de
a
d
a
nd buri
e
d und
e
r two
o
r th
re
e
fee
t of snow.
W
e p
r
o
b
a
b
l
y
won
’
t find
a
n
y
th
i
n
g”

“
W
e
l
l
, those
a
re
y
our
o
r
d
e
rs.
O
f
f
i
c
ial
l
y
,
y
o
u
’ll be
on man
e
uv
e
rs.
T
e
ll
y
o
u
r
men to k
ee
p t
i
g
ht on
t
his. No one
n
e
ed
s to know
w
h
a
t
y
ou
p
e
o
ple did out
t
h
e
re
or
w
h
a
t
y
o
u fo
u
n
d
. T
h
a
t’s
a
l
l
.”

“
W
h
a
t
?
” C
a
ptain C
a
rn
e
s
looked up
f
rom the FAA
r
e
port.

“
Th
a
t
i
s all, Captain.
Y
o
u
’
re
b
e
hind s
c
h
e
dule
a
l
re
a
d
y
, mo
v
e
out.” P
i
c
k
e
tt
swiv
e
led his
c
h
a
ir to look out of the
w
indow. He
would wo
r
r
y
a
bout
C
a
ptain C
a
rn
e
s a
n
d his men until
t
h
e
y
g
ot b
a
c
k or the
storm su
b
sided.

“
Y
e
s s
i
r.”
C
a
p
t
a
in
C
a
rnes
stood
a
nd s
a
lu
t
e
d the b
ac
k of Pi
c
k
e
t
t
’s
c
h
a
i
r
.
H
e
b
r
isk
l
y
le
f
t
t
he room.

The
old
W
o
r
ld
W
a
r
I
I
h
a
n
g
a
r
wa
s i
m
mens
e
, much
la
r
g
e
r th
a
n
n
e
c
e
ssa
r
y
to
store
a
nd p
re
p
a
r
e
C
a
ptain C
a
r
n
e
s
’
s
S
p
ec
ial
Unit
e
quip
m
e
n
t
.
B
ut
i
t w
a
s i
s
olat
e
d f
r
om
t
he r
e
maind
e
r of
the b
a
s
e
, whi
c
h
f
ac
i
l
i
t
a
ted t
h
e
ir s
ec
r
e
c
y
. Most
p
e
ople
on the b
a
se
kn
e
w of
the
e
x
i
s
ten
c
e
of the spe
c
ial te
a
m, but
a
l
m
ost no one
kn
e
w the
d
e
tails.
This s
ec
re
c
y
in
c
lud
e
d th
e
ir
e
quip
m
e
nt
a
nd d
e
pl
o
y
ments.
S
e
v
e
r
a
l d
a
y
s
would p
a
ss
b
e
fo
r
e
a
n
y
one on b
a
se k
n
e
w the
g
r
o
up
w
a
s
g
on
e
.

F
our
h
e
a
v
y
-
du
t
y
snow
ca
ts w
e
re lined up
f
ac
i
n
g
o
ne
of the
f
loo
r
-
to
-ce
i
l
i
n
g h
a
ng
a
r do
o
r
s
. Th
e
y
w
e
r
e p
a
in
t
e
d white
a
nd spe
c
ial
l
y
bui
l
t for
th
i
s uni
t
. E
ac
h w
a
s
c
a
p
a
ble
of
ca
r
r
y
i
n
g
t
e
n sold
i
e
rs
f
ul
l
y
e
quip
p
e
d
f
or
a
r
c
t
i
c
c
ombat or
a
ton
of
e
quip
m
e
n
t
. More
of
t
e
n th
e
y
ca
r
ri
e
d
c
omb
i
n
a
t
i
ons of t
r
oops
a
nd
e
quip
m
e
nt. The
23 men Capt
a
in
C
a
rn
e
s
s
e
l
ec
t
e
d for
th
i
s du
t
y
w
e
r
e
a
ll
spe
c
ial
l
y
t
r
a
ined
f
o
r
w
in
t
e
r
c
ombat. The
t
e
a
m’s
usu
a
l
m
is
s
ion w
a
s s
t
ea
l
t
h inse
r
t
i
on b
e
hind
e
n
e
m
y
l
i
n
e
s for
r
ec
on
n
a
is
s
a
n
c
e
a
nd
s
a
bot
a
g
e
. T
h
e
bl
i
z
z
a
rd
c
ondi
t
ions
r
ag
i
n
g
outs
i
de
w
e
re
not a thr
ea
t
t
o the t
ea
m
. Th
e
y
w
e
re
the
c
usto
m
a
r
y
w
ea
t
h
e
r
e
nvironme
n
t
. T
h
e
ir
e
quip
m
e
nt and t
ra
in
i
ng o
f
f
e
r
e
d a
sup
r
e
me
a
d
v
a
ntage
ov
e
r
a
n
y
other
soldi
e
r in the
wo
r
ld
in these
c
o
ndi
t
ions. Th
e
y
wo
r
e
a
l
l
-
white
a
r
c
t
i
c
c
lo
t
hin
g
,
a
s thou
g
h it
w
e
re
r
out
i
ne
for
them to
t
r
a
v
e
l
i
nto
t
he
wilde
r
n
e
ss
in
c
ondi
t
ions
t
h
a
t would c
r
ipp
l
e
a
n
y
m
i
l
i
ta
r
y
o
r
c
iv
i
l
i
a
n op
e
r
a
t
i
o
n
. T
h
e
y
nor
m
a
l
l
y
le
f
t the
v
e
hicl
e
s d
a
y
s
a
w
a
y
f
r
om
t
h
e
ir d
e
s
t
i
n
a
t
i
on
a
nd
c
ont
i
nu
e
d throu
g
h t
r
e
a
c
h
e
rous t
e
r
ra
in
on sk
i
s or snowsho
e
s, surviving
p
r
o
lon
g
e
d
e
x
posure
a
nd o
f
t
e
n l
i
ving
off
the l
a
nd
for
w
ee
k
s
. This
t
i
m
e
th
e
y would
r
ide in the
ca
ts as
c
lose to the
c
r
a
sh s
i
te
a
s the
f
o
re
st and
t
e
r
r
a
in allow
e
d
a
nd b
a
s
e op
e
r
a
t
i
ons f
r
om the
r
e
lat
i
ve
c
omfo
r
t of the
v
e
hicl
e
s.