"We must be ready to dare all for our country. For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. We must acquire proficiency in defense and display stamina in purpose." - President Eisenhower, First Inaugural Address
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Friday, June 19, 2020
Friday Film: "Corvettes" of the Royal Navy in the Battle of the Atlantic
If you haven't read the book The Cruel Sea or seen the movie based upon the book, I encourage you to do so.
The escorts did make more of an attempt to rescue survivors from the merchant ships than you might have thought from reading or seeing the Cruel Sea.
ReplyDeleteYes, I think the book The Good Shepherd describes those efforts in better detail
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