My mother whispers into my ear, “Birth is a death sentence. Make every minute count.” The first words I hear taking my inaugural breath March 27, 1954, 3:15 a.m. at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. I am given the Comanche name Kachada, meaning “white man,” by my mother Taabe a brilliant scientist and the daughter of Comanche Chief Peta, the leader of the Lords of the Plains. My father, Antonio, an OSS officer is the only surviving son of Giovanni Toscano the Godfa