Into the Stormtroopers. Part Two
Today’s post has nothing to do with wine. This is part two of a true story about a presidential assassination attempt, the American Nazi Party and the de-evolution of truth. SPOILER ALERT; please read part one HERE first. All photographs ©1981 Donald Carter.
NOTE: “Into the Stormtroopers Part One and Part Two” was published in Living Springs Publishers anthology, Stories Through The Ages Baby Boomers Plus 2020.
“This is a must-read story about the tumultuous events that abruptly thrust Don Carter into the international spotlight and an adventure of a lifetime … Don’t miss this gripping, page-turning mystery about events that every baby-boomer will remember. Don won second prize with his story.”
NOTE: “Into the Stormtroopers Part One and Part Two” is the First Prize winner in the 2017 Writer’s Workshop of Asheville “Memoir” competition.
“… writing style is impressive, and the descriptions were vivid. The content is gripping, unusual and page-turning!” The Writer’s Workshop of Asheville.
NOTE: The literary journal New Millennium Writings awarded this article Honorable Mention.
The De-Evolution of Truth
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
― George Orwell, 1984
May 1981
The phone rang at dawn and as I pulled the receiver close a metallic shout from the caller jolted me upright and awake.
“FEDS SEIZE NAZI PIX!”
“Wha …?”
“The New York Post. Front page. FEDS … SEIZE … NAZI … PIX!”
Five minutes later I stood sockless at the corner newsstand, scrutinizing the front page of the New York Post. Two familiar Nazis stared back. Adolf Hitler’s portrait hung in the background, his stare intense and chilling. A young neo-Nazi with a raised pistol in hand stood in the foreground, his expression unreadable and lifeless – but no less chilling. My eyes went to the photo credit beneath the picture where I found my name.
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