Yamashitas's Gold: Hidden Treasure From WW2
I first published the anecdote that appears here in the newsletter I write for my industry (Boxman). Hardly technical, it's something of a departure from my basic "Day In The Life" type yarn. It was unusual to say the least. This might be the greatest adventure I never had. Though it makes good telling, there are only a couple of facts that I know for certain to be true. Fact: I did get this phone call and I did have this conversation, the gist of which I’ll recount here. Fact: The treasure was/is real. The rest? If nothing else, a good safe-related yarn. See what you think. One slow morning several years ago an earnest-sounding man called and introduced himself. He’d obtained my phone number from a locksmith outfit that routinely refers safe work to me. He said he was calling me based on their stellar character reference and the fact that they said I was good at opening safes. When total strangers call and open dialogues with flowery praise for ...