TDY: Temporary Duty

About the Book

“What next?” The Colonel asked. Chief Master Sergeant George T. Graham, Jr. stood beside the Colonel. “This will not be good,” he thought. “What next?” The Colonel asked, noting no one had heard him the first time. “He shot her.” Sergeant Lucas confessed, abruptly, interrupting the Colonel as if he anticipated the question. He did. He had witnessed the event. “It’s that simple. He shot her…she was….very…she was very…pretty.” Sergeant Lucas collected himself. Or so we thought. His eyes welled up with emotion. He glanced at Chief Graham. “….and then he…after a very brief and…very……….. quiet….argument,” Sergeant Lucas continued in an uncollected tone. “There was an argument. An argument that nearly nobody - nobody - witnessed or in any way took seriously…. Why would we?” The young sergeant took another breath and pressed ahead with his story. “He stood there. Diego Gianelli stood there. He pulled out a large pistol. A LARGE pistol,” Lucas emphasized. “And he shot her…..point blank……what a mess!” “What next?” The Colonel asked again. “What next?” Lucas repeated. Chief Graham nodded toward Lucas to continue. Lucas continued as ordered.

About the Author

CMSGT George T. Graham, Jr. – U.S.A.F. – (Retired) George T. Graham, Jr. is a Chief Master Sergeant (retired) in the United States Air Force. This book involves some of his adventures while in the Armed Services. He had the pleasure to serve in an extended capacity in Japan, England, Iceland, Turkey and Italy during his thirty years in the military. Although a Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York native, he currently resides in Sacramento, California. You can take the boy out of Brooklyn, but…..you know the rest.