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"Dear Mr. Rollo,

Well, we saw the movies...here is our "verdict": fantastic....it is a very well assembled story regarding the submarine service, and the tales by the individual submariners are priceless.

You get our vote for a job well done. We shall spread the word to our Redfish Base members to order the set as well. They won't be disappointed."

- Gisela and Ron Sorjonen (FT2 SS 420 - USS Tirante)

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Volunteer Base first to see sub film

- by Nancy Yockey Bonar / USSVI life/associate; LIB


We've been awaiting a non-fiction, un-glamorized movie about what it's really like for the iron men who live and work aboard sharks of steel.

Just released is the DVD documentary, "Submariners: The Men of the Silent Service," featuring on-camera interviews with 15 submariners who served on board diesel-electric and nuclear boats.

Before the movie's final production, Tony Rollo, producer/director, invited USSVI's Volunteer Base (Tennessee) to a private screening.

Among base members' comments -

"Rollo tells the submarine story better than I've ever seen. It's more than about subs as weaponry. It's about the lives of submariners. This documentary should be shown in every school in the country." - Capt. Fred Reker, (USNR Ret), USS Razorback (SS 394).

"The movie's impressive. It has something for everyone..." - Jim Sandman (USN Ret), FTS(SS)/underway Lay Leader, four subs, including qual boat, USS Bergall (SSN 667).

..Rollo says the documentary's main focus is on what the men of The Silent Service have to say, that the unscripted submariners give the film its story lines.

"Sure there's history, technology and hardware, but it's the submariners who provide the action, surprises, excitement, salty language, and hilarious personalities and situations.

"Submariners: The Men of the Silent Service" is on two DVD disks. Among stories is one told by a USS Scorpion crew member who's transferred to USS Nautilus before Scopion and all hands were lost in 1968.

The second disk features lots of humor, the ways submariners relieve stress. To see the movie trailers, and for ordering info, www.submarinemovie.com

Tony Rollo, Nashville, is a film producer, actor, director and writer, and a member of the American Historical Association and the Tennessee Historical Society.