“And on the other side of the ledger, unions like the Teamsters often employed their own muscle, their own reigns of terror,… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Carlos Marcello and the war orphans did cross my mind during the drive, and I sat the whole way facing the driver.… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Russell had told me how Carlos Marcello liked to send to Sicily for war orphans with no families. They would get smuggled… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“out-of-court settlement. I tried to be easygoing again like I was before I went in the war, but I couldn’t get the… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Hoffa and his Strawberry Boys’ victory in 1932 was a rare labor victory in those days. In that same year a group… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“these years later and from stirring it up I started having dreams again about the combat, only the dreams were all mixed… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“After the war, it just seemed natural to take what you could take wherever you could take it. There was only so… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“To help me understand his combat days, Sheeran tracked down the 45th Infantry Division’s hardbound, 202-page official Combat Report, issued within months… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“If you were AWOL when your company was going back into combat you might as well keep going because your own officers… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Before a battle or a landing, you get a little nervous tension. Once the shooting starts it goes away. You don’t have… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Eliciting information from Frank Sheeran about his combat experiences was the most difficult part of the interview process. It was two years… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Rebel factions are like Nazi collaborators during the war, like they had in Norway and France,” Bill Isabel told me. “Jimmy Hoffa… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“They say the average number of days of actual combat for a veteran is around eighty. By the time the war was… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“You fat fuck,” I said and jumped up and decked him. I broke his jaw, and they expelled me permanently on the spot. Naturally,” — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Hoffa and Brennan formed a trucking company called Test Fleet. The “brains” and his partner put that company in their wives’ maiden names. Test… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“People in those days didn’t display affection like they do today. I’m still learning how to be affectionate to my grandchildren. I don’t ever… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Whispers was one of these short Italian guys in his early thirties that you’d see all around South Philly, just trying to get by… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“And under the contract, management couldn’t fire a Teamster unless they had certain grounds. They had none. Stealing was grounds only if they could… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“But back then we had to amuse ourselves, and fighting seemed to be all we had. Looking back, it was good for us. You… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Mary liked to arrange picnics with the kids, and we’d take them to the Willow Grove Amusement Park. I wasn’t always running. When they… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“And on the other side of the ledger, unions like the Teamsters often employed their own muscle, their own reigns of terror, including bombings,… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Only in the movies or comic books do people say they want you to go and hit somebody. All they ever say is that… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“As I learned the ropes I learned that for many good and sound reasons the bosses and the captains sent a guy to whack… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Russell had taken me with him to Cuba just when Castro was starting to kick everybody out and confiscate their casinos and racetracks and… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“You didn’t know who to trust, but you kept taking cabbies aside and persuading them to sign a card. For some reason there were… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
