THE
DOUBLE
AGENTS
A L S O B Y W . E . B . G R I F F I N
P R E S I D E N T I A L A G E N T
B O O K I : B Y O R D E R O F T H E P R E S I D E N T
B O O K I I : T H E H O S TAG E
B O O K I I I : T H E H U N T E R S
B R O T H E R H O O D O F W A R
B A D G E O F H O N O R
B O O K I : T H E L I E U T E N A N TS
B O O K I : M E N I N B LU E
B O O K I I : T H E C A P TA I N S
B O O K I I : S PE C I A L O PE R AT I O N S
B O O K I I I : T H E M A J O R S
B O O K I I I : T H E V I C T I M
B O O K I V: T H E C O L O N E L S
B O O K I V: T H E W I T N E S S
B O O K V: T H E B E R E T S
B O O K V: T H E A S S A S S I N
B O O K V I : T H E G E N E R A L S
B O O K V I : T H E M U R D E R E R S
B O O K V I I : T H E N E W B R E E D
B O O K V I I : T H E I N V E S T I G ATO R S
B O O K V I I I : T H E AV I ATO R S
B O O K V I I I : F I N A L J U S T I C E
B O O K I X : S PE C I A L O P S
M E N AT W A R
B O O K I : T H E L A S T H E RO E S
T H E C O R P S
B O O K I I : T H E S E C R E T WA R R I O R S
B O O K I : S E M PE R F I
B O O K I I I : T H E S O L D I E R S PI E S
B O O K I I : C A L L TO A R M S
B O O K I V: T H E F I G H T I N G AG E N T S
B O O K I I I : C O U N T E R AT TAC K
B O O K V: T H E S A B OT E U R S
B O O K I V: B AT T L E G RO U N D
(with William E. Butterworth IV)
B O O K V: L I N E O F F I R E
B O O K V I : C LO S E C O M B AT
B O O K V I I : B E H I N D T H E L I N E S
H O N O R B O U N D
B O O K V I I I : I N D A N G E R S PAT H
H O N O R B O U N D
B O O K I X : U N D E R F I R E
B LO O D A N D H O N O R
B O O K X : R E T R E AT, H E L L !
S E C R E T H O N O R
THE DOUBLE AGENTS W.E.B. GRIFFIN AND WILLIAM E. BUTTERWORTH IV
G . P. P U T N A M S S O N S
N E W Y O R K
G. P. PUTNAMS SONS
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The double agents / W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV.
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T H E M E N AT WA R S E R I E S
I S R E S P E C T F U L LY D E D I C AT E D
I N H O N O R O F
Lieutenant Aaron Bank, Infantry, AUS,
detailed OSS
(Later Colonel, Special Forces)
November 23, 1902April 1, 2004
Lieutenant William E. Colby, Infantry, AUS,
detailed OSS
(Later Ambassador and Director, CIA)
January 4, 1920April 28, 1996
It is no use saying,
We are doing our best.
You have got to succeed in doing
what is necessary.
Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill
When you get to the end
of your rope,
tie a knot, and hang on.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
THE
DOUBLE
AGENTS
I
[ONE]
Schutzstaffel Provisional Headquarters
Messina, Sicily
0810 26 March 1943
Youd very likely be shot for saying such a thing, SS Standartenführer
Julius Schrader said.
SS Obersturmbannführer Oskar Kappleran athletic thirty-two-year-
old, tall and trim, with a strong chin, intelligent blue eyes, and a full head