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Milligan, Lieutenant Comm<strong>and</strong>er Heidi.U.S. Navy lieutenant comm<strong>and</strong>er assigned to the Norfolk<br />

Navy Yard. Has eleven years to go before retirement as ofVixen 03 . Attended Wellesley College. No<br />

children, as she had a hysterectomy. Had affairs <strong>with</strong> Admiral Bass, <strong>with</strong> <strong>Pitt</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>with</strong> Shaw inNight<br />

Probe! Described as almost as tall as <strong>Pitt</strong> when she is wearing riding boots. Looks to be in her early<br />

thirties, <strong>and</strong> her skin shows no sign of a summer tan. InNight Probe! , she is said to have graduated<br />

fourteenth in her class at Annapolis. Described as having a svelte body measuring six feet from manicured<br />

toenails to the roots of her naturally ash-blond hair. Has Castilian brown eyes, the right eye having an<br />

imperfection at the bottom of the iris, a small pie-shaped splash of gray. Working on a doctorate at<br />

Princeton University.<br />

Oates, Douglas.U.S. secretary of state. Has neatly trimmed slate-colored hair <strong>and</strong> brown eyes.<br />

Perlnutter, St. Julien.Close family friend of the <strong>Pitt</strong> family. Has a fifty-million-dollar inheritance. Lives<br />

on a Street in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C. One of the world's foremost authorities on<br />

shipwrecks <strong>and</strong> owner of one of the world's finest maritime libraries- A gourm<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> bon vivant who<br />

has a four thous<strong>and</strong>-bottle wine cellar. Weighs over four hundred pounds but is remarkably solid for a<br />

huge man. Has gray hair <strong>and</strong> gray beard, a crimson face <strong>with</strong> tulip nose <strong>and</strong> sky-blue eyes. His car is a<br />

chauffeur-driven 1955 Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn <strong>with</strong> coachwork by Hooper & Company. The<br />

automobile is painted silver <strong>and</strong> green <strong>and</strong> features a straight-six engine <strong>with</strong> overhead valves.<br />

<strong>Pitt</strong>, <strong>Dirk</strong> Eric.Born at Hoag Hospital, Newport Beach, California, to Senator George <strong>and</strong> Barbara<br />

(Nash) <strong>Pitt</strong>. According to his family tree, his paternal ancestors were Gypsies who migrated from Spain<br />

to Engl<strong>and</strong> in the seventeenth century. Great-gr<strong>and</strong>father was a steam locomotive engineer on the Santa<br />

Fe Railroad. Has all uncle who is one of San Francisco's leading bon vivants. Another uncle on his<br />

mother's side is Percy Nash, one of the scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project. <strong>Pitt</strong>'s<br />

gr<strong>and</strong>father acquired a small fortune developing Southern California real estate. On his death, he left his<br />

gr<strong>and</strong>son a considerable inheritance. After paying the estate tax, <strong>Pitt</strong> chose to invest the money in classic<br />

cars <strong>and</strong> aircraft rather than stocks <strong>and</strong> bonds. Lives at 266 Airport Place, Washington, D.C. 20001, on<br />

the grounds of Washington International Airport. Best friend is Al Giordino, whom <strong>Pitt</strong> met when the two<br />

got into a fistfight in elementary school. Was quarterback on his high school football team. Graduated<br />

thirty-fifth in his class at the U.S. Air Force Academy. While at the Air Force Academy, he was on the<br />

football team <strong>and</strong> fencing squad. Attended flight school <strong>with</strong> Al Giordino. Served ten years' active duty in<br />

the Air Force, attaining the rank of major <strong>and</strong> in the year 2000 promoted to lieutenant colonel. Served<br />

two tours in the last years of the Vietnam War. Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross <strong>with</strong> two clusters, a<br />

Silver Heart <strong>and</strong> a Purple Heart. Received a commendation for shooting down U.S. Navy Admiral<br />

James S<strong>and</strong>ecker's plane over the Sea of China to prevent him from l<strong>and</strong>ing at an enemy-occupied<br />

airfield. Awarded Hero of the Revolution award by Fidel Castro. Formerly surface security officer for the<br />

National Underwater <strong>and</strong> Marine Agency, he is currently the special projects director. Height six feet<br />

three inches, weight one hundred eighty-five pounds. Has black hair tending to be a bit wavy, <strong>with</strong> no<br />

indication of gray. Eyebrows dark <strong>and</strong> bushy. Straight, narrow nose, lips firm <strong>with</strong> the corners turned up<br />

in a slight but fixed grin. Skin darkened by year-round exposure to the sun. Has opaline green eyes that<br />

are set wide <strong>with</strong> a clear glimpse of the white around the iris. Far from movie-star h<strong>and</strong>some, he has a<br />

craggy face that the opposite sex finds strangely attractive. Body covered <strong>with</strong> various scars <strong>and</strong> injuries.

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