Reviews of Allan Andrade's book, S.S. Leopoldville December 24,
1944 published in 1997 Thanks to the publication of this book and
the publicity that it has received on regional and national
television programs, Americans can now understand what had been a
hidden tragedy. The book, in conjunction with the monument and
memorials at Ft. Benning, helps ensure that the gallantry and
sacrifices of the men of the 66th Infantry Division will no longer
be unrecognized as they had been in the past. Dr. Steve Grove, USMA
Historian, West Point, New York Allan Andrade's book is an
excellent story of human courage in the face of a horrible tragedy.
His book gives the reader an idea of what it must have been like to
be aboard a sinking ship in the English Channel on Christmas Eve
1944. His extensive interviews with survivors tell how human error
played a role in the death of so many U.S. soldiers and how lucky
some survivors were to be in the right place at the right time. It
was heartbreaking to read how the government lied to so many
families who only wanted to know the truth about the fate of their
loved one. It truly was a hard book to put down. Joseph P. Napsha,
Reporter, Tribune - Review, Greensburg, Pennsylvania Through
careful piecing together of survivors' accounts, of photos and
wartime letters of both survivors and victims, Andrade weaves a
heartbreaking narrative from the beginning of the calamity to its
bitter conclusion. In this book, strangers otherwise lost to
history are redeemed from the shadows. Ghosts speak in tender love
letters of dreams and hopes, of their undying affection for dear
ones. They stare gallantly from faded photos, their soldiers' hats
jauntily cocked, their eyesanxious. They pose stiffly in family
portraits, young kids clinging to their knees. Lovely wives with
soft, 1940s hairdos, hug their babies. In the book, we learn
firsthand of heroic rescues, desperate acts, brutal deaths,
incomprehensible suffering and grief. The History Channel video of
the event focuses on the military cover up.. Yet, it does not come
close to conveying the gripping horror, pathos and heroism found in
Andrade's book. Lynn Ascrizzi, Reporter, Kennebec Journal, Augusta,
Maine
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