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Sub: Real Life on Board with the Hidden Heroes of the Royal Navy's Silent Service

Sub: Real Life on Board with the Hidden Heroes of the Royal Navy's Silent Service - Danny Danziger A series of interviews with serving members of the silent service and some of their partners. Danziger interviews all levels of staff from captains to the lowly but vital cooks. Gives you a good insight of the mental strength that a man need to serve on these boats. The only tragedy of this is that family life suffers so much, with mens seeing they children almost a series of snapshots as the come and go from family life.

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