Sixteen-year-old Ted Joyce stood on the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Oregon, and looked out over the tall sailing ships in the harbor. It was 1918 and the World War I was underway. He lamented that he was too young to join the service. On a whim, Joyce signed on to the crew of the Holbrook, a leaky banged-together cargo ship that was sailing for Honolulu. Little did he know that this was the start of the adventures and intrigues that would mark his forty-two year career as a sailor, soldier-of-fortune, merchant marine, Chinese Nationalist spy, Chinese Customs Officer, and U.S. Naval Intelligence Officer.
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