Alan McQueen - 01 - Golden Serpent - Plot & Excerpts
A mid-sized carrier working a line from Yokohama to Kaohsiung, to Manila, Surabaya and Fremantle, and then back again, once a week. Sawtell’s Black Hawk hovered over the starboard side of the ship while men in bio-hazard suits roped to the decks. In the Chinook, the soldiers fi nished zipping Mac into a white OSHA Level-A, velcroed the collars and the ankle-ties and handed him a hard hat. Underneath he wore long woollen underwear, chemical-resistant overalls and a supplied-air NIOSH respirator with a full-face glass breathing mask. He felt totally uncomfortable and tried again to get Hatfi eld to see it his way. ‘Know what, General, I could be more use up here in the helo. More of an advisory role,’ he said. Hatfi eld laughed. ‘You’re in good hands, son. Captain Alden here will walk you through it. Just no sudden movements, okay?’ The loadmaster threw back the large sliding doors on the side of the Chinook, and Alden and Mac stepped up. Mac came down the winch lift onto the fo’c’sle deck, the Chinook’s downwash so strong that the men could barely stand up under the pressure.
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