Craig W. Lowell

Lowell is a Lieutenant Colonel who is from a wealthy background and is in the military. His cousin is Geoffrey Craig, who is also in the military. Lowell is well known and liked by most of his superiors. He is at a hunting trip in South Dakota when the Cuban missile crisis begins and is ordered to report to MacDill Air Force Base in Florida where he receives the assignment as Deputy Inspector General, Headquarters, U.S. Joint Assault Force (Provisional). He will be working with the 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood, Texas. He is known as a man who gets things done. Lowell is willing to circumvent regulations to get the job done. He does this at Fort Hood and succeeds in moving the equipment in case it is needed for an invasion of Cuba.

Lowell is committed to a career in the military...