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Revised: Ray Misiewicz Lecture “Silent War” at the New York State Military Museum

Historic lecture to occur at Saratoga Springs Museum

LATHAM, NY (02/13/2008; 0935)(readMedia)-- Ray Misiewicz, submarine historian, will give a presentation entitled, Silent War, at the New York State Military Museum. The program will begin at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, February 23 at the museum located at 61 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY.

During the Cold War nuclear submarines were used to conduct special operations to acquire intelligence information. We follow the exploits of the USS Halibut (SSN-587), USS Seawolf (SSN-575) and USS Parche (SSN-683) as they monitor activity in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Barents Sea during the 1970’s and 1980’s. Based on the stories in the recent book, Blind Man’s Bluff, we learn how the missions were planned and we’ll travel with these boats as they execute them. The special operations submarines enabled the United States to get inside the minds of the military leaders of our adversaries. To do that our submariners put themselves at great risk. This talk serves as a tribute to their sacrifices.

Mr. Misiewicz is a retired nuclear reactor designer, who has lectured in the past on the U.S.S. Thresher and the U.S.S. Scorpion disasters. His compelling and detailed presentations are intriguing, and audience participation in follow-on discussion most interesting.

We look forward to your attendance at this historical lecture.

NOTE TO EDITORS: This is a revised version of a press release sent earlier.

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