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Kipnis, Jakub Interpreter, Lizard POW camp in Poland

Larssen, Jens Nuclear physicist with the Mettalurgical Laboratory

Lidov, Boris Colonel, NKVD

Liu Han Peasant woman in refugee camp south of Shanghai

Magruder, Bill Lieutenant, U.S. Cavalry, Syracuse, Kansas

Mather, Donald Captain, Special Air Service, Dover, England

Mavrogordato, Panagiotis Captain of tramp freighterNaxos

Maxwell Cavalry trooper, eastern Colorado

Meinecke, Klaus Panzer gunner, Rouffach, Alsace

MOLOTOV, VYACHESLAV Foreign commissar, of the USSR

Muldoon, Herman First sergeant, U.S. Army Chicago

MUSSOLINI, BENITO Italian Fascist leader, Couch, Missouri

NIEHHO-T’ING People’s Liberation Army officer, China

Nigel RAF corporal, Watnall, England

Nordenskold, Morton Colonel, U.S. Army, Lamar, Colorado

Norma BBC worker, London

Nussboym, David Jew in Lodz, Poland

O’Neill, Red Cavalry trooper, U.S. Army

Okamoto Major, Japanese Army

Oscar Sergeant, U.S. Army, Denver, Colorado

Pete U.S. Army sentry, Denver, Colorado

Pirogova, Tatiana Red Army sniper, Pskov, USSR

Porlock Supply officer, Minneapolis

RIBBENTROP, JOACHIM VON German Foreign Minister

Roundbush, Basil RAF Flight Officer, Bruntingthorpe, England

Russie, Moishe Jewish refugee and broadcaster, London

Russie, Reuven Son of Moishe and Rivka Russie

Russie, Rivka Moishe Russie’s wife

Schultz, Georg German soldier working as RAF mechanic

Sholudenko, Nikifor NKVD officer

Silberman, Pinchas Jew in Lodz, Poland

SKORZENY, OTTO SSStandartenfurher

Smithers British Army major

Smitty Cavalry trooper, eastern Colorado

STALIN, IOSEF General Secretary, Communist Party of the USSR

Stanegate, Fred British soldier

Stansfield, Roger Royal Naval Commander; captain HMSSeanymph

Stella Barmaid, Bruntingthorpe, England

Summers, Penny Escapee from Lakin, Kansas

Summers, Wendell Escapee from Lakin, Kansas; Penny’s father

Szabo, Bela (“Dracula”) Private, U.S. Army, Chicago

SZILARD, LEO Nuclear physicist, Denver, Colorado

Szymanski, Stan Captain, U.S. Army, Chicago

Terence Storekeeper, Couch Missouri

Tompkins Major, U.S. Army, Hot Springs, Arkansas

VASILIEV, NIKOLAI Partisan brigadier, Pskov, USSR

Wiggs, Ralph RAF meteorologist, Bruntingthorpe, England

Yeager, Barbara Sam Yeager’s wife

Yeager, Jonathan Son of Sam and Barbara Yeager

Yeager, Sam Sergeant, U.S. Army, Denver, Colorado

“Yetta” Telephone operator, Lodz, Poland

York, Hank Radioman, U.S. Army, Chicago

THE RACE

Atvar Fleetlord, conquest fleet of the Race

Diffal Security officer

Ekretkan Casualty, St. Alban’s, England

Elifrim Airbase commander, southern France

Hisslef Base commandant, Siberia

Hossad Killercraft pilot

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In the Balance
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