4 December 1945 . Johnson Billie was the older brother of Franklin. The younger sibling hadn’t been seen for months. Life in the Everglades was as difficult as any place on Earth, but the combined Seminole-Miccosukee tribe had met its challenges. Johnson was married and already began his family. He saw a similar life-path for Franklin and Sarah. Natives approached marriage and family in a natural and harmonious manner. Relationships were divinely ordained. Paramount was the older brother’s...

3 August 1, 1945 . General Hochstühl and Colonel Von Unterscheisse had been residents of Miami barely ten days. German precision coupled with slave-like demands on local workman brought the warehouse to near completion. There was no time to waste. If progress lingered, money wouldn’t last. It was imperative to start generating income from whatever sources possible; legitimate or not. The Germans stood on the concrete warehouse floor soaking in satisfaction associated with an operational...

2 The four Nazis continued toward town. Their destination was a newly built warehouse at the corner of Southeast 2 nd  Avenue and Northeast 17 th  Street. Still void of purpose, they envisioned a future of receiving and storing weapons and ammunition. The Nazis who escaped to Argentina were to move operations north, into Columbia. Shipments of arms would originate there. Receiving shipments in the sparsely populated area offered a logistical, war-time wet-dream. Blunt were minds fogged by...