The Jade Cross - Weist, Harold W.
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Master Gunnery Sergeant Travis Tolbane, USMC (Ret), is leaving from an alleyway from his job as a mall security manager when he is ambushed by a trio of Vietnamese. Escaping from it by the arrival of Metro Police, he finds out from his friend, Detective Sergeant Parnell, that Tolbane's friend Ba, his old interpreter from Vietnam, has been mutilated. He; his live-in Vietnamese girlfriend, Mai, who is Ba's half sister; an old Marine friend Parnell; and a Vietnamese priest must stop a maniacal piquerist, who thinks he is the reincarnated Thirteenth Century hero Tran Hung Dao, seeking an iconic…mehr

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Master Gunnery Sergeant Travis Tolbane, USMC (Ret), is leaving from an alleyway from his job as a mall security manager when he is ambushed by a trio of Vietnamese. Escaping from it by the arrival of Metro Police, he finds out from his friend, Detective Sergeant Parnell, that Tolbane's friend Ba, his old interpreter from Vietnam, has been mutilated. He; his live-in Vietnamese girlfriend, Mai, who is Ba's half sister; an old Marine friend Parnell; and a Vietnamese priest must stop a maniacal piquerist, who thinks he is the reincarnated Thirteenth Century hero Tran Hung Dao, seeking an iconic Jade Cross and Tolbane's lover, Mai, to rebuild an old society, the No Name. They chase him from Honolulu to Kowloon, Hong Kong, where he leaves a string of bodies, and to Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province, in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, for a final solution.
Autorenporträt
The Author, a twenty-year retired Marine Veteran, Was born and raised in Findlay Ohio. At age 17 he joined the United States Marine Corps along with a good friend. Throughout his military Service served he had a variety of assignments on both sides of the oceans. He served a regular tour and two temporary assignments in the Republic of Vietnam, December 1965 - January 1967 with the Third Marine Division as an Interrogator/translator, 2 months in 1969 at Third Marine Amphibious Group, and 2 months in 1970 in the Saigon Civil Assistance Group working with the "Open Arms Program." After his retirement in 1973 he moved with his family to Florida City, Florida. During his thirteen years in Florida, he worked in Nuclear Security [Six years}, and Retail Security, Skating Management and teacher. He Volunteered with the Red Cross teaching all levels of first aide, and conducted Water Safety Instructor classes. He also Taught Skin diving and SCUBA diving. He relocated his wife and self to Mount Juliet, Tennessee. Harold received an Associate Degree in Management, IT Major He ran computer operations for a chain store before retiring from the workforce. He worked for the Wackenhut Security full and parttime for a few years, His last as a Mall Security Supervisor.Having finally retired fully, he has, for several years, volunteered with Veterans Service Organizations. Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 5015, American Legion, Post 15, and The Vietnam Veterans of America, chapter 1004. He brought the Field of Flags to Wilson County Tennessee's Fair Ground every 4th of July weekend for a few years before age caught up. Proceeds of it goes to Veteran Service Organizations to aid needy veterans and their families through-out the year.