For nearly 40 years, both the US and Soviet governments have continued to cover up the facts of the sinking of the USS Scorpion: It was no accident but rather reprisal for the sinking of the Soviet missile sub K-129, which had gone own in the Pacific just ten weeks previous. But both sides quickly realized that the sinking—if publicly known—could have turned the Cold War into a very hot war.
Now Offley, after a quarter century of research, is finally able to tell the facts behind the sinking of the Scorpion with its 99 crew members. It's a grippingly told story of war, politics, personal loss, and governmental cover up.
Original Material © Ed Offley. Recorded by arrangement with Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group.
ED OFFLEY is a military reporting specialist who, over his 24-year career, has served as Editor-in-Chief of The Stars and Stripes and has appeared on numerous national television and radio shows. He served in the US Navy in Vietnam. In 1996 he was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Offley currently lives in Panama City Beach, Florida.
