Bob, I'm eager for your opinion on the book. And thank you for the story about Chief Quartermaster Mazzuchi. I was thinking about the Mantle thing yesterday while at the ballgame at Yankee Stadium. I'd known he was a baseball fan, and that he came from upstate New York, so should have figured he loved The Mick (although in those days Mantle was a favorite all around the country).
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Robert, I didn't know you'd served with SCPO Mazzucchi. I was fortunate enough to be introduced to his daughter in 2008 at the 40th memorial ceremony in Norfolk. That was a day I'll never forget. Glad you're giving the new book a read. I'm sure you'll let me know what you think. Best, Jerome
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Robert, I was referring to the post (and DVD) below. As far as my serving on a boat (which I of course haven't done), not quite sure how that's relevant. I don't claim to qualify for submarines, any more than I assume you'd claim to have worked at Bletchley Park decrypting ULTRA transepts (forgive me if you did and I'm unaware of it) or been a Shetland Bus cutter pilot
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Robert, So you're quick to jump on my book, but quite quite willing to buy a copy of HITLER'S LAST SECRET, which is loaded with sexy plotlines and made-for-television historical distortions--such as the notion that this was some sort of last-ditch doomsday mission rather than part of a longstanding and well-documented technology and personnel transfer between German and Japan, and s
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Robert, As I told you when you wrote your email to me at the onset of this project--read it and then decide what you think. That would seem to be reasonable, no? I did not set out to fight old battles with you or Mr. Rule in this book. I wrote a meticulously researched history that uses primary source material to dispel the sensationalism with which this subject has been covered to date.
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It's been two years since my last post here and the book I'd mentioned I was writing has just been published. It's titled CODE NAME CAESAR: The Secret Hunt for U-boat 864 During World War 2 (Berkley Publishing), and it puts the submarine's mission, and eventual fate, in an accurate historical context. I started out knowing there was a lot of inaccuracy in previous news and doc
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Hope anyone with an interest in u-864 will read my book CODE NAME CAESAR: The Secret Hunt for U-864 During World War Two (Berkley Publishing). I don't give a definitive answer about its raising, as the Norwegian government is still debating the issue. I do, however, answer all of what's answerable about the submarine's mission and destruction in the first nonsensational account of
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