John whites was german, born in berlin in 19 23 as hans werner wits. In 19 forty one john whites joins the us Army and gets recruited by the legendary war time spy master wild bill donovan into the us. Then he's sent back into occupied europe as an undercover spy, because, of course, he doesn't have to pretend to be german. He's part of the group that liberated one of the most infamous concentration camps, docco. White's family fled in 19 38, then on to shanghai, where he waited for his american visa and played rugby on the side, and finally to America.