Interspersed are stories of sailing and searching with horrible weather conditions and ice packs. The destruction of convoy PQ 17 as well as the sinking of Nazi Germany’s battleship/battlecruiserScharnhorstare both striking. U-Boat and recon aircraft difficulties in concert with escort carriers tippi...
United States Air Force Major General Caleb Haynes was a grandson of Chang, as is Alex Sink the former CFO for the state of Florida. Eng’s grandson, George Ashby, was the President of the Union Pacific Railroad. There is a statue of the fellas in Thailand and there is a musical based...
A ship hangs from the ceiling following an ancient Nordic tradition for protecting fishermen at sea. In the chancel, there is an opaque window that survived WW2 bombings to come from the Coventry Cathedral in England. I had also read one of the windows depicts Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði...
Shortly afterwards he jumped into the water, his body did not sink. Because of the amount of alcohol – he began to hallucinate and somehow reached the a rescue craft that already had 25 people on it. The fact that Joughin survived is no less than a miracle. ...