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Submerged shipwreck

‘Shadow Divers’: True Story of Solving WWII Mystery

Source: NPR

The quest undertaken by John Chatterton and Richie Kohler to identify a sunken ship they came to believe was a German U-boat from WWII was a huge risk in many ways. Listen to Robert Kurson, author of the book Shadow Divers, talk about why the two men pushed themselves beyond their limits to solve this mystery.

This entry was posted in Heroes and Quests and tagged Culture & Society, History, People on May 31, 2014 by .

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