RED SABRE
RED SHADOWS LEADER

FILE NAME: Wilder Vaughn
PRIMARY MILITARY SPECIALTY: Intelligence
SECONDARY MILITARY SPECIALTY: Espionage
BIRTHPLACE: United Kingdom
GRADE: Commander-in-Chief

Although he was known as a decorated MI5 agent, Wilder Vaughn was actually an undercover Red Shadows operative. Vaughn worked his way up through the organization and became Red Shadows leader in 1970. By 1976, the Red Shadows were nearing the completion of a "death ray" more powerful than the nuclear bomb. In response to this, the United States and Great Britain combined forces to stop them. The Shadows were defeated by a coalition of G.I. Joe Adventure Team and Action Force members led by Col. Joseph Colton and British Royal Marine Commando Col. Rupert Pallet.

Following their defeat, Vaughn was one of the very few Red Shadows who were not captured. Instead he vanished, and his ultimate fate is unknown. Recent intel suggests that Vaughn was suffering from a terminal disease and used cryogenics to freeze himself until a cure could be found. If true, then one day Red Sabre may return to continue his evil plans!

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