The Spy Worker - Hardcover

Makie, John M

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1441518363 ISBN 13: 9781441518361

Publisher: Xlibris, 2009

Synopsis

Petty Officer John G Makie of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve did not realize what he was getting into in the summer of 1942 when he gave an oath at Camp X under the Canadian Secrets Act of 1939 He was only seventeen years old and determined to defend the freedom of Canada He did so in the most extraordinary way He was special agent number 034 of the secret service group under water demolition squadron These secret agents were very highly trained commandos who came from Canada Britain and Australia These fearless men were scuba divers trained in small arms and hand to hand combat They entered enemy occupied countries by the sea carried out acts of sabotage and clandestine warfare Then they quickly disappeared into the night back to the sea These men had no name or rank just mission after mission in Russia Norway Sweden and France This brave group of men personally encouraged by Sir Winston Churchill Sir William Stephenson and Lord Louis Mountbatten set out to set Europe ablaze When the war was over in Europe they set out to mop up Burma and Hong Kong Yet no record of fallen buddies can be found The year 1996 marks the end of the fifty year gag order by oath and with it the truth is finally set free The Spy Worker reveals secrets of a time long long ago all accounted by the lone survivor now in his eighties which are finally free to share with friends and family After many therapeutic sessions over the last ten years events of this forgotten group are starting to surface Although there are no records of their missions or medals of valor ever rewarded The Spy Worker pays tribute to the unsung heroes of war in remembering their notable acts of bravery

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About the Author

My father, Petty Officer John G. Makie was the spy worker in this biography, The Spy Worker. When I (John M Makie) was a young boy in the sixties, I grew up frequently asking my Dad questions about his wartime experiences, to no avail. I could only get a few words from him and never a complete sentence. As the years passed, I was able to gather a few details of his war experiences, but only on Remembrance Day, November 11th, when he was prone to reminisce a bit. Most of the time, he kept his stories to him. Forty five years later I learned he was keeping an oath of secrecy, a fifty year gag order with the Canadian Government. I had ambitions of joining the Canadian Navy, as I was a sea cadet for most of my teenage years. Today, I am a Systems Management Consultant in my own business, MultiNet Marketing. I am married, with five grown-up children, three young women and two men. One of my sons has completed a tour in Afghanistan as an infantryman reservist with the Regina Royal Rifles. He is now in Logistics with the regular Canadian Forces and completing his second tour in Afghanistan. The military may have passed me by, but not my flanks (father and son). Today, I am a certified journalist and have published various articles in sportswriting. Much of my work was creating technical manuals for telecommunication companies. I am writing this book to help explain another hidden chapter of World War II history.

Edition details

• Publisher: Xlibris
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1441518363
• ISBN 13: 9781441518361
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256