The Yankee Clipper

McCormick trauert um seinen Kumpel Billy, der in Vietnam gefallen ist und dessen sterbliche Überreste in einem Sarg nach Amerika überführt werden. Doch Billy ist nicht tot. Der gerissene Marine hatte einen Coup gelandet: In seinem Sarg befinden sich 16 Millionen Dollar. Dabei handelt es sich um Geld der US-Armee, das Billy vernichten sollte, damit es nicht den Vietkong in die Hände fällt. Pech für Billy, dass sich McCormicks Einstellung zu solchen Coups inzwischen geändert hat.

When Bill Bauer is declared dead after being MIA from the Marines for 10 years, Mark, the soldier's former best friend, is asked to handle the funeral arrangements. The funeral does have one positive result for it reunites Mark with old friends Patrick Burke, Jeff Steffan and Peter Trigg. To Mark's surprise, shortly after the funeral, Bauer turns up very much alive. Upon being confronted by his angered friend, Bauer explains that he had been in charge of destroying cash when the United States pulled out of Vietnam in 1975. Instead of following orders, however, he had waited for an opportunity to smuggle the money into the country. Continuing, Bauer relays how he used "his" casket as a way of transporting the cash. Bauer realizes that his plan is falling apart when someone tries to kill him. Seeing no alternative, Bauer decides to go after the men chasing him. Following Bauer, Hardcastle and McCormick discover that Peter Trigg, secretly the leader of a group of terrorists, is trying to get a hold of Bauer's money in order to buy weapons. Although Trigg temporarily manages to capture Hardcastle and McCormick, the two men are able to turn the tables thanks to Bauer's intervention. Later, the police are all set to take Bauer into custody when the ex-soldier decides to disappear again.