The Life and Times of Stanley Gerald Blackwell, a Study in Art, Espionage and Aerial Warfare.

Stanley was born on a cold October morning in 1915 to a set of loving, albeit strict, parents. His Father, a career Army
man had his family living in Haiti on an Army base where Stan was born and raised for the first several years of life. Educated in
the standardized curriculum of the age in normal on base schooling. Upon his 12 year he was enrolled at Valley Forge Military
Academy, where he remained at the boarding school until he graduated at 18. During his time at Valley Forge Stanley was
particularly enthused by the Cavalry and had spent long hours training in horse riding. After his graduation from VAMA, he
enrolled into West Point, his father’s rank and career may have played a minor role in his acceptance.

He acquitted himself rather well during his academic career at both Academies. Honor Roll, Cadet Captain. Garnered
himself a Degree in History with a Minor in Linguistics, skills that would serve him well in the years to come. Graduating in 1937
and enlisting in the Army he joined into the Army Air Corp, what would one day become the Air Force. He took to the cockpit
like a natural, dreaming of daring do in the sky one day. His dreams came true two years later while he was on vacation in
Finland, visiting a pen pal from his Academy days. The Soviet Union attacked and began the Winter War. Through luck, skill or
the will of God, Stanley survived the three months of hell in his rickety cockpit, scored himself 7 Kills during that time, 3
bombers and 4 Fighters. Spending the next six months after the war making his way on foot through Europe and finally arriving
in Britain, just in time for the Luftwaffe to begin its assault on Britain. So he joined up into the Volunteer Forces and was one of
the first Americans to join the Eagle Squadrons. During the months that the Battle of Britain lasted Stan had risen through the
ranks to attain Flight Lt. Or a Captain in the US Forces.

But it wouldn’t be until 1942 when the Eagle Squadrons were transferred back to American Command, by then Stan
had achieved a reasonably impressive 31 Aerial Kills and was promoted to Major upon reinstatement to the American Forces.
Part of the 133 Eagle Squadron, now renamed the 336th Fighter group “The Rocketeers”. It was here that he served for the rest
of the War retiring with the rank of Lt. Col. Upon the end of WW2 He left the Army and married a young British woman he’d
fallen in love with during his time in Britain. Wanda Bloom, they only were married for five short years and had two children,
Amos and Daphne. But they divorced in 1950 when Stanley took an offer from the newly minted CIA. His extensive linguistic
skills, business associates across the world and his reputation as a war hero were quite helpful in this endeavor. He did have a
short lived fling with a young Jewish college student by the name of Ruth while he was in Paris for a time.

Over the next twenty five years he spent in the CIA, working for the good old US of A. It was during this time he met
and married his second and final wife. Kate Roosevelt (Who never married in normal timelines) Which was a significant financial
boost to his standing. Though he was in the CIA he did have a second job as a Art Gallery owner, something that afforded him a
excellent cover for his Covert activities. With her had eight more children, James, Franklin, Theodore, Marie, Sara, Tiffany,
Samantha and Samuel (twins). Tragically his first born son from his first wife, Amos, died during the Vietnam war when his
Helicopter was shot down. There were no survivors. At the end of his career Stanley was the Deputy Director of Special
Activities for the CIA.

After his retirement he began to invest his money into various other pursuits to generate a greater revenue stream.
Specifically the areas of Private Security and Courier Services. Stanley has also set up several Scholarship programs for Veterans
and holds frequent fundraiser events for the VA and other Veteran benefit programs. Things were looking good for the
erstwhile spy but in late 1991 his wife was taken from him by cancer. Adding to his list of veteran benefits he began to hold
many fundraisers for Cancer awareness and research, granting Scholarships to those entering the Oncology Field. Every now
and again his old Job does call him up for assistance with analysis, all stuff done in a nicely air conditioned office. He does
attend lectures at Langley to brief young Agents as well as go to various Flight Schools for the Military to share in his
experience. Despite his age he’s still a force to be reckoned with in a prop plane, though he laments he’s too old to get into one
of these new Jet fighters.

Tragically his age has begun to beat him down, his health has begun to decline rapidly as he stares at a century of life
and wonders if it was worth it and what he would give for a second shot as he watches his grandchildren devour his life’s works
as greedy little parasites.