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Captain's Personal Log

10 February 1979 1300

Jonas Grumby, recording.

Lieutenant (j.g.) Gilligan and I have our orders from the Commander in Chief. We were to gather intelligence on two former Island Development Corps volunteers who decided to set up their own little nation. Looking over the file that the State Department has on the South Pacific flower children, and the two appeared to be the last people to start a modern day civil war.

Maynard 'Aquarius' Jacobson, 29, had graduated from the Foreign Service program at Georgetown University shortly before his 22nd birthday. Shortly after graduating, Maynard chose to start his career as a volunteer with the Island Development Corps. Son of a retired Marine Gunnery Sergeant, Maynard had grown up in the embassies his father guarded throughout the world. As a child he was keeping up in physical training with Marines twice is age. When Manynard Jacobson became Chief Aquarius is not entirely clear, as he had never affiliated with the very prevalent anti-war movement at Georgetown.

However, 32-year-old Rachel 'Sun Blossom' Horowitz did fit the stereotype of a flower child. As the daughter of an influential Massachusetts attorney, later judge, Horowitz lived a life of privilege. Rachel graduated Magna-Cum-Laude from Brown University in 1968 with a BA in Political Science. At that point in time, she was the apple of her daddy's eye, and following in her father's footsteps. She was accepted to Stanford Law. The lifestyle of the younger generation in San Francisco in the late 60s appealed to Rachel. She started going by the name of 'Sun Blossom' and was arrested in more than a couple of protests. Between daddy's money and her own legal knowledge, Sun Blossom stayed out of jail and her record stayed clean. There was also a photo in the file, which was actually a still from the documentary 'Woodstock', which shows Rachel dancing in mud wearing little more than a smile. Somehow, Rachel Horowitz managed to graduate with a Juris Doctor degree from the Stanford Law School in June of 1971. Instead of returning to the east coast to practice law, though, 'Sun Blossom' Horowitz signed on with the IDC.

The US Government actually became involved because of Horowitz. It was her disappearance in early 1972 that caused a media stir. It was the influence of Rachel's father that kept the case alive. What got the President involved was a note Judge Horowitz received from his daughter last Christmas. It read, "Sell the VW, Sell the poodle, empty out the trust fund, and send the money to the People's Republic of Love Island. Sun Blossom." That got Judge Horowitz on the phone to State wondering what this Aquarius character did to his little girl. When Gunnery Sergeant Jacobson got wind of the letter, he in turn was wondering what Sun Blossom did to his son. Fortunately, they were able to keep the letter from the media. But the President couldn't very well have a "People's Republic of Love Island" in the middle of a U.S. Trust Territory. To top it all off, he had a respected judge and decorated Marine threatening to run to Mike Wallace with the letter if something isn't done to recover their kids.

The plan, for the time being, is for LTJG Gilligan and I to go to Love Island in plain sight, taking the Minnow and sailing right up to their dock. Our cover will be that we have become disenchanted with modern society after being on our own little paradise for fourteen years, a cover story not too far from the truth. We have been authorized to brief our fellow castaways, which was a relief to me. I trust them implicitly, and most likely will need to rely on their many skills to be successful in this mission.

/s/ Jonas Grumby, Captain, U.S. Navy

Officer in Charge, 'Operation Calypso'