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The Shadow Man
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. 13 5, 20 by Frank and Lin Vargo
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Thursday, August Just what happens when a
shadow man passes away. It is kinda
like the old adage about a tree falling
in the woods and no one is there,
does it make a sound?
Well, does it?
There is a wall in Langley,
Virginia with names on it. It is the
wall with names of men and women
who, unless you knew these persons,
never existed.
The greatest country in the
world, was the United States of
America and our country is still
in existence because people with
ordinary names and backgrounds
stepped forward to stand for
democracy and protect the country
from the adversarial reach of foreign
countries that wanted and still want
to erase our way of life and put us
out of existence.
“Bruce” was just that sort of
man. Bruce was a dear friend that
we knew and sailed with for two
decades. He was an Air Force man
and a Navy man. He also worked for
one of the alphabet companies that
the USA has in its armory. Bruce
worked for the NSA.
Bruce’s yacht was across
the harbor from ours and was
appropriately on the front row by
the Ilikai Hotel.
Bruce, The Shadow Man, playing Amazing Grace with his bagpipes. continued on page 4
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The Shadow Man continued from front this happened for many a time through the years that
we were with him.
He would ride his red moped from his apartment Bruce would come and go and his wife, Margy, a
that he shared with his lovely wife, Margy to his yacht, very beloved English school teacher and lovely person,
“Golden Wings”. would not know where he had disappeared to. But when
We had many a fine meal with this soft spoken he returned she did not say a word. Did he have to get
man. He did most of the cooking because, well, he just away for awhile from his own thoughts and memories
could and had skills in cuisine management that he of the past?
learned overseas while on assignment. Nobody knows….
He was built like a Washington Redskin fullback One thing about Bruce, though, when you needed
but when he spoke, you had to strain to hear him. Tall him, he was there.
and extraordinarily handsome, he cut a fancy jib in the He worked with Secretary of the Navy, John Dalton,
yachting arena but did not belong to the yacht clubs that and Bruce spent a lot of time in S.E. Asia identifying our
were offered in Hawaii. Bruce would be involved in his soldiers, that did not make it and were and were difficult
community in several matters and especially boating. to identify. We compared identification techniques that
I do not really recall exactly how we met him, as he we were taught and they were the same, saline solution
just appeared one day and asked for some assistance in under the fingernails to puff up the skin to get a good
public speaking for testimonies to the legislature. latent print for I.D.
Lin and I had 8 years experience in that arena at Bruce carried a Detective Special .38 caliber snub
the time and so we got together with Bruce and hit it off. nose revolver, not liking an automatic very well. Bruce
He rarely laughed but chuckled under his breath and was an accomplished Air Force and Navy pilot and on
you only knew that when all you saw was his shoulders occasion would go over to Dillingham field, on Oahu,
shaking. One occasion is most memorable. and rent a glider. He was good, no, exceptional at all
Lin was testifying at a committee hearing and was that he did.
under the vicious questioning of Senator Paul Whelan, On one occasion he had sailed his smaller boat to
a former prosecutor from the Big Island of Hawaii. the mainland and there is a stretch of ocean just off the
Bruce was to testify next and had trouble with Whelan coast of Oregon, where the ocean gets hectic and is hard
previously. to navigate. Bruce said that he actually had to tie himself
Lin, has a very keen eye and noticed that the to the mast below decks to feel secure and just ride it
testimonies that the Senator had on the table in front out. He did well.
of him were oddly stacked in a pile. As the Senator He was also investigating Flight 800, that some
hammered at Lin she quietly asked to see the testimonies as well as Bruce, felt was shot down by accident off
but was refused by the Senator. She was asked by Senator the coast of Nova Scotia. But most recently he was hot
Whalen, loudly, as prosecutors are want to do, “Don’t on the Covid-19 medical statistics, telling us that the
you trust me”? numbers just did not jive.
Lin did not budge and said “No, I do not”! Bruce was an excellent musician and played several
The Senator asked why, and she said because the stringed instruments, but liked the Hawaiian Ukelele
names on those testimonies are fake names and are and did a rendition that would make Alfred Apaka
duplicate names! Twice as what was supposed to be on blush!
the forms. The Senator was gob smacked and had failed But all in all, Bruce loved and cherished his bagpipes
to check them, and for a prosecutor, well, that was egg and played for the Hawaii Blackwatch at functions for
on his face, and he had to redirect his thoughts. the Police funerals. When one of our friends passed
That day, Lin won a tremendous case for the away, a harbor resident who lived across the slipway
yachting community and I looked over at Bruce as the from both of us, it was difficult to get a funeral for her,
crowd cheered for Lin, and all I saw was a gentle smile because she was… different but we did.
on his face and his shoulders were shaking in laughter. As the funeral proceeded and us “yachties” gathered
Every so often we would get a phone call from his at Punchbowl Cemetery, out of nowhere, stepped a
wife Margy, as she would ask if we knew where Bruce tall man carrying his “Bonny” pipes and began to play
was and if he was on “Golden Wings” and I would go Amazing Grace.
and check, but no one was there. Bruce was gone and There was not a dry eye in the area.
 This was Bruce. He was just everywhere. A gentle
man that could bring harm to those who wanted to
harm us, the United States of America.
The Younkins
Bruce met his beloved wife Margy many years ago
at a Navy function and walked over to her and whispered
in her ear, “I’m going to marry you”! And he did!
Bruce and Margy had a menagerie of birds that
they took care of and loved and Bruce’s own Macaw that
he had for many years.
There were many sides to both of them…
So there you have it, a great American, a great
husband, father, a great humanitarian and a great
“Shadow Man”.
Will his name be on the wall in Langley? One never
knows. We will have to just go and see for ourselves.
His name is Captain Bruce Middleton and he will be in
Punchbowl Cemetery on August 29, 2024.
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publish in the Buzz, it always intrigues me to dig up
more information. Here is a very condensed version
from information we found of the Punchbowl Cemetery.
The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific,
a.k.a. Punchbowl Cemetery is a national cemetery
located at Punchbowl Crater in Honolulu, Hawaii. It
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Punchbowl Crater was formed some 75,000 to certification preferred (or willingness to obtain
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dental vision and life insurance
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Although there are various translations of the 401K pension plan with employer matching
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Punchbowl’s Hawaiian name, “Puowaina,” the most Personal and sick leave
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For more information, or to apply today, visit fmdh.org/careers
continued on page 7
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The Punchbowl continued from page 5 So, Frank and Lin might be making another
journey to Hawaii to make a formal “goodbye” to Bruce.
Early in the 1880s, leasehold land on the slopes And thank you, Frank and Lin, for always waking us
of the Punchbowl opened for settlement and in the up to more history through your fascinating, emotional
1930s, the crater was used as a rifle range for the Hawaii stories.
National Guard. Toward the end of World War II, As Frank and Lin would say, “And so it goes.”
tunnels were dug through the rim of the crater for the
placement of shore batteries to guard Honolulu Harbor Pronghorn
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Congress authorized a small appropriation to establish a
national cemetery in Honolulu with two provisions: that
the location be acceptable to the War Department, and
that the site would be donated rather than purchased.
In 1943, the governor of Hawaii offered the Punchbowl
for this purpose. The $50,000 appropriation proved
insufficient, however, and the project was deferred until
after World War II. By 1947, Congress and Veteran
organizations placed a great deal of pressure on the
military to find a permanent burial site in Hawaii for
the remains of thousands of World War II servicemen
on the island of Guam awaiting permanent burial.
Subsequently, the Army again began planning the
Punchbowl cemetery.
In February 1948, Congress approved funding and
construction began on the national cemetery. The first
interment was made January 4, 1949. The cemetery
opened to the public on July 19, 1949. Since the cemetery
was dedicated on September 2, 1949, approximately
53,000 World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War
veterans and their dependents have been interred.
The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
contains a “Memorial Walk” that is lined with a variety
of memorial markers from various organizations and
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TRUMP, HISTORY & Divine
The following article is reprinted with permission
Intervention
again after Howard Taft’s failed term , TR was speaking
from AMAC (The Association of Mature American at a rally in Milwaukee – when he was shot. The bullet
Citizens), and thank you Mona Fast for bringing this penetrated his suit, hit a metal glasses case and papers
to our attention. ion his vest pocket. Wounded, he defied the would-be
by Robert B. Charles assassin, finished.
Donald Trump – former president, candidate for Without TR’s survival at San Juan, no President
president – was shot by a would-be assassin on July Theodore Roosevelt, no Nobel Prize for ending the
13. While some minimize his survival, it is neither Russo-Japanese War, no trust busting, national parks,
overstatement nor messianic to say his survival is Panama Canal, expanded Navy, “Man in the Arena”
miraculous, given the intent, range, and agility of the speech. Without survival in Milwaukee, no preparation
shooter. History foreshadows more. for World War I … questionable now.
None of us, however spiritual, can know God’s will, In March 1981, a would-be assassin shot Ronald
nor change it. Yet cynics, like those of faith, ought not to Reagan at the Hilton Hotel in Washington DC, leaving
dismiss the patterns of life, history, and where miraculous a bullet lodged near his heart. Reagan quipped to
events often lead. doctors, recovered in time. In May 1981, Pope John Paul
For those with no inclination to history, miracles, faith, II was nearly assassinated, shot in St. Peter’s Square. In
or divine intervention – no patience for those who see 1984, Margaret Thatcher was nearly killed in a terrorist
the Hand of Providence in American history – so be it. bombing, Grand Hotel, Brighten England.
But history never stops teaching. Without those three individuals surviving those
The lives of George Washington, Joshua Chamberlain, three assassination attempts, each narrowly – one might
Theodore Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul say by God’s Grace – they would not have lived to
II, Margaret Thatcher, and countless others, … teach us coordinate an end of the Soviet Union, no “Evil Empire”
lessons, not least about faith. speech, no “Tear down this wall” speech, no conversion
On July 9, 1755, 274 years ago this month, George of Gorbachev … no now.
Washington found himself under intense fire, Battle In Reagan’s autobiography he said, on the day, “I
of Monongahela. At 23, he was not used to being shot thanked God for what He … had done for me.” In his
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horses shot from under him, four shots through his coat. will try to serve him in every way I can.”
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Without George Washington’s survival at history. What follows this attempt on Donald Trump’s
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on his life at Long Island, Brooklyn Heights, Princeton, perhaps change the course of our history is unclear. But
and Trenton, the Revolutionary War would likely have history is filled with examples of divine intervention, and
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