Chapter 4 Summary

Lowell meets with Captain Dwayne Smitherman who is in charge of the Engineering Light Equipment Company. They talk about Smitherman's group's ability to move things, no matter how big or heavy and how long it takes. Smitherman answers Lowell's questions, explaining their technique. Lowell tells him that they will begin to load tanks on rail flat cars, and Smitherman tells Lowell the regulations forbid it because it is too easy for the cables to break. He has to follow regulations. Wallace tells Smitherman that Lowell has General Lemper's authority.

At Fort Bragg, Major General Harke is the acting commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps, which includes the 82nd Airborne Division, which will figure prominently in any invasion of Cuba. Harke views this as a way of attaining a third star. He learns that Colonel Roland Minor has been relieved of his duties and...