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Others, like the June 1945 sinking of the Japanese cruiser Ashigara by a British submarine that resulted in the loss of 800 Japanese soldiers, are little known. An extraordinary few far surpass the authors’ criteria for selection of disasters with high troop loss and the involvement of heroic acts. Among the most memorable is the 1851 sinking of the British frigate Birkenhead with some 600 soldiers and their wives and children aboard. Lacking sufficient lifeboats, the men stood steady in their ranks on deck as the ship went down.   Board of Inquiry hearings, action reports, survivor debriefings, and personal correspondence collected from archives in Germany, Italy, Russia, Australia, Britain, and the United States tell the story of some fifty vessels that went down. Many of these disasters, the authors explain, were kept secret for decades. 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Some stars' contributions were confined to extensions of their show-business careers, but others rendered heroic combat service, and still others laboured unglamorously in the mundane tasks without which no war can be won.  In this book, filled with fascinating and revealing profiles of more than fifty celebrities, many readers will discover for the first time the contributions and sacrifices actors have made in the US Navy and Coast Guard from World War I to Vietnam. Find out how John Howard won a Navy Cross, how Humphrey Bogart dropped a fleeing prisoner with his .45, how Henry Fonda won a Bronze Star for his actions during Pacific naval encounters, how Navy Hellcat ace Wayne Morris downed seven Japanese planes and how Hedy Lamarr patented World War II communications anti-jamming technology still in use today.   A virtual Who's Who, this entertaining yet historically accurate and complete account brings to life these and dozens of other stars' naval and coast guard service backgrounds and film careers, drawn from interviews, diaries, letters, and official military and film industry archives.  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Attacked by the American hunter-killer force Task Group 22.3 off the coast of West Africa, the 750-ton U-boat was forced to the surface, boarded by American sailors and secretly towed to Bermuda. Renamed USS Nemo, it made a war bond subscription tour before docking to await scrapping. The book offers a vivid description of these events and continues the story by explaining how U-505 became a major attraction at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.  Author Jim Wise tells of the efforts of Dan Gallery, the commander of Task Group 22.3, to convince the Navy to transfer U-505's ownership to the museum in his native Chicago. Wise chronicles the boat's arduous journey down the St Lawrence River and across three Great Lakes to the shores of Lake Michigan for restoration. He then offers a memorable description of the staggering engineering feat that moved the boat overland to an outdoor exhibit area at the museum, where it was opened to the public in 1954. By the turn of the century, museum executives determined that nearly fifty years of exposure to the elements and more than 24 million visitors had taken their toll. They raised millions of dollars to restore the U-boat and build an indoor site four stories below ground that the author calls an architectural wonder. In addition to the fully restored boat, there is an exhibit area filled with artefacts and interactive stations to give visitors a taste of what it was like for the crewmen in battle. Some two hundred photographs of the U-boat and exhibit are included in the book.  James E. 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A force comprised of approximately 200 Marines, most of whom were fresh out of boot camp, was tasked with the rescue. They were briefed to expect minimal resistance from some 20 to 30 lightly armed fishermen militia but what they found was between 400 and 600 Khmer Rouge combat veterans with heavy weapons in entrenched and fortified positions. Plagued by incomplete and inaccurate intelligence and hindered by a micro-managed command and control structure that extended all the way to the Oval Office, the Marines held out for 14 hours against a vastly superior and more experienced enemy in a fight they dare not lose.  Getting on the island was remarkable, getting off the island was a miracle and as a result of that 14-hour battle, four Air Crosses and a Navy Cross were awarded, 41 US servicemen lost their lives, three Marines were left behind and America regained a small bit of luster to a reputation tarnished by its withdrawal from Cambodia and Vietnam.  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The authors have compiled this stirring collection of profiles in courage to honour the Sailors and Marines awarded the Silver Star by the U.S. Navy while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. It documents the extraordinary, award-winning actions of young American men in the war against global terrorism.  A companion volume to The Navy Cross (Naval Institute Press, 2007), this book also includes selected profiles of Silver Star recipients from previous wars whose stories stand out as the best among an elite group. 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