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Casualties of the Cold War: in Scorpion Down, veteran correspondent Ed Offley claims the nuclear submarine USS Scorpion was sunk in 1968 by the Soviet Navy.(Scorpion Down: Sunk by the Soviets, Buried by the Pentagon: The Untold Story of the USS Scorpion)(Book review)
Casualties of the Cold War In Scorpion Down, veteran correspondent Ed Offley claims the nuclear submarine USS Scorpion was sunk in 1968 by the Soviet Navy.
Scorpion Down: Sunk by the Soviets, Buried by the Pentagon: The Untold Story of the USS Scorpion, by Ed Offley, New York: Basic Books, 2007, 482 pages, hardcover, $27.50.
Monday, May 27, 1968 was to be a day of homecoming in Norfolk, Virginia. Cool temperatures, a lead-gray sky, and occasional torrential rain couldn't dampen the spirits of wives and families gathered near Pier 22 at the Norfolk Naval Station that day. Waiting in cars or in the warmth of a nearby submarine tender, the gathered families ...
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