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JAMES STEEL
Legacy
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Contents
SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER, LUCAPA DIAMOND FIELD, ANGOLA
11 P.M., THURSDAY 6 NOVEMBER, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
AUGUST 1522, STELTZENBERG, SOUTHWEST GERMANY
SEPTEMBER 1522, PFÄLZERWALD FOREST, CENTRAL GERMANY
PRESENT DAY, 17 NOVEMBER, LONDON
17 NOVEMBER, MBOMOU PROVINCE, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
14 JANUARY 1525, NEUHOF FOREST, HESSE, CENTRAL GERMANY
PRESENT DAY, MONDAY 24 NOVEMBER, MBOMOU PROVINCE, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
PRESENT DAY, TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER, MBOMOU PROVINCE, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER, MBOMOU PROVINCE, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
6 FEBRUARY 1525, MÜHLHAUSEN, CENTRAL GERMANY
SATURDAY 17 JANUARY, GBADOLITE AIRPORT, EQUATEUR PROVINCE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
14 MAY 1525, FRANKENHAUSEN, CENTRAL GERMANY
EVENING, 20 OCTOBER 1525, BAHR EL GHAZAL REGION, THE KINGDOM OF SUDAN
30 MARCH 1941, HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, GERMANY
10 APRIL 1941, LESKOVAC, MONTENEGRO, THE BALKANS
PRESENT DAY, 24 JANUARY, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
PRESENT DAY, WEDNESDAY 28 JANUARY, MBOMOU PROVINCE, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
14 JUNE 1941, IDEHAN UBARI. SAHARA
PRESENT DAY, THURSDAY 29 JANUARY, MBOMOU PROVINCE, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
30 MAY 1945, OUTSIDE MUNICH, BAVARIA, GERMANY
FEBRUARY 1951, BONN, WEST GERMANY
FRIDAY 30 JANUARY, DORTMUND, CENTRAL GERMANY
LEGACY
James Steel is a writer and journalist based in the UK.
SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER, LUCAPA DIAMOND FIELD, ANGOLA
The whisper came through the African night.
‘Zero, this is Lima Three.’
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