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Jose,
Thanks! I thought you kicked me out.
Larry Dugan

Marcelo, I too have believed the KLM crews especially for battleships, batttlecruisers & larger cruisers stayed in barracks when in a home port with rotated detachments being on board. KLM ships we're not spacious when it came to crew accommodations. I think you would need to get some original G...

Happy for you on your purchase! There are so many books in German that I wish we're translated to English. Even some WWII books about the German armed forces in French I would very much like to have. Sadly, I'm afraid my two semesters of German would not be enough to do it.

IMHO-a fair enough explanation.

The name of the book is:

"A Higher Call"

By Adam Maxos with Larry Alexander

$15.29 new on Amazon

Yes, the link is bad.

You could try the RV Petral - Paul Allens organization.

Bill, I want to state publicly what I have said privately that you have my total support as moderator and that you have shown tremendous restraint in dealing with the constant attacks. I hope the 'time out' to the individual involved will bring some self introspection but I have my doubts. Please co...

IMO-This horse has been wipped to death. Closing time.

Belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!

The Paul Allen group has announced they have found the Akagi.

The recent discover of the lost GRUNION & 3D image shows significant damage. http://www.lost52project.org/GrunionPosterStern.png I have a question to Bill Jurens and all who would have knowledge on analyzing damage. How much of the damage to the upper part of GRUNION would be attributed to depth...

That is a very nice thing you did. Bravo-Zulu!

The aft magazines were emptied, not forward as part of the salvage operation. The forward magazines detonated and broke the hull in half with the main deck collapsing. Turret 1 was left as it was, the guns of Turret 2 removed & Turrets 3 & 4 with machinery removed completely. Estimates of at...

If the same conditions existed other than Bismarck, I believe the outcome would have been the same! Would have been even a bigger coup when all four ships made it back!