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...will by sponsoring such DXpeditions. His foundation had supplied all of the radio gear, while the trip's cost (more than $10,000) was split among the nine operators. Ackley set off with two crewmen in a 12-ft. dinghy, powered by a 25-h.p. outboard motor. One crewman skillfully maneuvered the tiny craft through the heavy seas to put Ackley at the ladder on the crest of a wave. He scrambled up the 16 suspended steps-and the ladder held...
...mission is routine, uneventful. Nonetheless, in the back of every crewman's mind is the knowledge that submarines like theirs in the British navy are deployed in icy waters around the Falkland Islands. They are outriders of the British task force that has been dispatched to uphold the rule of law and a nation's honor. Those submarines may have to quit playing games and go into early combat. That thought is everywhere inside the Atlanta...
...Jesus. If you want me for a sunbeam"), Pablo signs on with Jack and Deedee Callahan, a permanently sloshed American couple who run guns in a cutter disguised as a shrimp boat. This work is not so easy or pleasant as it once was. Sizing up Pablo, his new crewman, Jack says, "I used to like it when the baddest thing around these parts was me. These days I'm just another innocent abroad." The boat, guns and Pablo are destined for Tecan...
...bridge, the approaching Prowler looked "not in the right position" for a landing, yet "there was no early indication he should have been waved off." There are signs that the plane's crew tried to escape during their fatal career down the flight deck. Said a Nimitz crewman: "They found one of the fliers burned in his seat with his hand still clutching the ejector handle. He had pulled it, but by then the plane was crashing...
Navy officials had already begun a study, which they were soon forced to broaden. Word of the Trerice death had produced a tidal wave of tales of naval abuse. Ex-Ranger Crewman Neil Hodgson, 18, of Detroit, claimed that a beating in the ship's CCU left him with a ruptured eardrum. Fellow Veteran Steve Richards, 27, also of Detroit, said he received a 13-stitch leg wound there. The two joined another pair of Ranger sailors in suing the Navy for brutality and violation of their rights. A third suit may be filed by the Rev. Robert Mercer...