Free program with retired engineer Ray Misiewicz on May 20th, 2008, at 7 PM in the library community room.

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.