January 25, 1998
Surviving stocks of oil and petrochemicals in Aranas Pass, Texas which survived the fire are removed by the U.S. Army to secret storage areas in the north.
Elsewhere in the U.S. arrests for hoarding are commonplace (unofficially) as food and fuel in the "retail" distribution network have been almost entirely exhausted and military control of the wholesale distribution system is shakily established and enforced.
Following the virtual destruction of the 54th (my 108th) Motor-Rifle Division in a tactical nuclear strike, Transcaucasian Front orders the deployment of the 201st Motor-Rifle Divison from Afghanistan to Iran to perform anti-marauder duties.
Unofficially,
Officials in Bergen, Norway stock the sailing ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl with a cargo of preserved fish, ship parts and, in a hidden compartment, gold and other valuables from the city's banks and dispatch it to Latin America to trade for grain to feed the city's surviving population.
While the total load aboard the Colorado City Freedom is less than 20 percent of the ship's rated cargo capacity, it sets sail shortly before midnight after the stevedores and ship's crew complete loading the ship.
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I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end...
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