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Finished Chapter 28. The House and Senate impeached President Garner. In the vacuum of leadership, J. Edgar Hoover appointed himself as Director of the new leadership. Charlie was fired and given a 3 month severance. Hoover's maneuvering made Steele's look tame by comparison.

Finished Chapter 27. Funeral proceedings were held for Joe Steele. After the funeral, President Garner met with Charlie and Joe Steele's 3 friends. He had all 4 sign resignation papers. He accepted the 3 from the friends and made them ambassadors to far away countries. He kept Charlie.
Mike read in the newspaper what happened to those 3. When he got home, Midori told him she was pregnant.

Finished Chapter 26. Mike helped his girlfriend Midori teach English to Japanese kids. Later, he proposed to her.
Charlie couldn't believe that 1952 was here at last. Time seemed to just fly by.
Mike and Midori arrived in San Francisco to file paperwork for marriage and took a train east.
President Steele was reelected again for the sixth time. However, he suffered a stroke and died a few days after Jan 20, 1953.

Finished Chapter 25. Mao ran Chiang out of China. Some discussion about the use of A-bombs was said but Russia threatened to use some in Europe if they were.
A bunch of Chinese scholars were rounded up and sent to prison. Charlie and Esther watched a news conference on their new TV.
Mike was back at the demilitarized zone. He soon met an English teacher named Midori Yanai.
President Steele had a health scare.

Finished Chapter 24. Mike is hunkered down and contemplating the new AK-47's that North Japan is using.
Charlie talked to Stas Mikoian about President Steele running for election again in 1952.
Still in his foxhole, Mike witnesses the first Atomic bomb drop on Sendai.
The next day, President Steele tells the people over the radio about the bomb.
Mike got new orders to go back to the demilitarized zone.

Finished Chapter 23. Mike trained soldiers in Japan to reform their army, but had some problems.
Charlie's son got in a fight at school when the other kid accused him of being a 'Red'. This scared the teacher and the boy's parents because Charlie worked at the White House.
Coming back from R&R, Mike found out that a few hours earlier North Japan attacked the South part.
President Steele got reelected to a 5th term.

Finished Chapter 22. Mike decided to stay with the Army. Having been in an encampment, his prospects at a job in the civilian world were bleak.
Charlie kept working for the president. President Steele asked Charlie for help with a speech about Russia. Charlie came up with a doozy describing what the Russians were doing as a Red Curtain. The phrase was a hit.

Finished Chapter 21. Mike and his men walked around when 4 tanks with a car between them came into sight. Then a couple of planes came down and shot the tanks and car. Mike and his men went to investigate and found that Japan's Emperor was in the car, dead. They notified the higher ups.
The war was over, Charlie followed the President to Japan for the surrender. Charlie and Mike were reunited.

Finished Chapter 20. News came in that Hitler had died. A few weeks later, the war in Europe was over.
Mike was still fighting island to island in southeast Asia. He and captain Magnusson were two of a very few who remained from the beginning.
Charlie was still working at the White House. He got a card from Mike telling him he was still alive.
Mike and the other troops invaded Japan.

Finished Chapter 19. Mike was fighting Japanese island to island. He was extremely lucky to only have had minor scrapes here and there while many other soldiers died.
Charlie was dealing with writing speeches for President Steele and life in general.
Over in Europe, the Axis were losing ground as the Allies pushed forward.