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Show Cutlass Rescue Of 300 Prisoners "i Irons 'over the sides of the Nazi prison ship Altmark td rescue 300 British and Allied prisoners. The whole world thrilled when Viang exploit In Joessing Fjord became known how Jhe stood on the bridge and directed his valiant crew as they rowed to the BY GEORGE LAIT side of the Altmark and clamber. Cor-News ed aboard. Several German Service (International respondent) firing uponthe Britoi s LONDON, Dec. 4. (INS) The while trying to escape, slipped into the icy waters whereupon Saga of the sea is replete with tales of iron men In wooden men of the Cossack plunged in ships," but for generations to and rescued them. r come Thus it was that Winston men through-ou- t the world will be, spinning Churchill, then first lord of the radioedVlan: yarns about the sailors of y admiralty, British "iron men in steer - "The- - force - under- - your ...com-- , on ships men like Little Phil" mand is to be congratulated Vlan of the Cossack. having. In a single day, achlev-e- d Of course no one calls Rear a double rescue Britons Admiral Phillip Louis Vian, DSC from captivity and Germans and two bars, by that nickname from drowning. to his face. Nor Is he actually RECEIVES MEDAL little. But thats the nams his Then followed one of those men use when they talk about Little Phil periods which him In the focsles and in the waparticularly like he had terfront pubs thats their term didnt to come ashore to receive the of. endearment for the man medal of the Distinguished Servwho brought the historic cutat Buckingham Palace. ice Order lass and boarding pike. days of Two months later, how on the Nelson into World War II, and bndgejif H. M. Destroyer Afridi, made the enemy heaithe- - dread Sistership of the Cossack, Vian battlecry of Britains bluejackets as they swarmed over the was in the thick of the smoke in Narvik Fjord, taking part in bulwarks, cold steel gleaming in the spectacular battle which saw stout their right hands. nine German destroyers plunge AMONG YOUNGEST to the bottom. One of the youngest admirals . (Editors note: Seven months afloat, in Britains or any othafter his transfer from the faer nations navy, "Little Phil, mous destroyer Cossack it was r now 47, is a violently active sunk in action early this month man who just cant keep with a loss of around 100 lives ) the seat of his trousers planked into an office chair. He doesnt HAS CLOSE CALL A month after the Narvik epifeel atr home unless his feet are plumped on the bridge of a sode, still in Norwegian waters, the British navy came close to pitching warship and hix ship is this gallant sailor. With close for in with losing grips steaming Vian on the bridge, the Afridi the foe. -was heroically fighting off Nazi When he is called from sea duthe ty to London to be decorated by dive bombers attacking British evacuating his majesty, Vian fidgets and transports troops from Norway. The offisqulrrrts until the ceremony is over and he can return to his cial report stated. beloved quarterdeck. Repeated waves of aircraft Vian has been a navy man kept up an Incessant attack on since 1907, when, along with the the convoy, but the barrage maintained by the anti aircraft former Prince of Wales (now Edward, Duke of Windsor) he guns of the escort was so effective that the troop transports entered Osborhe College as a naval cadet His rise through the were untouched. Two of the German planes were shot down, long procebslon of promotions but in the course of this operawas regular from that date ontion H. M. S. Afridi was struck wards. He served with distincconsequently tion in the destroyer flotillas by bombs and and on the cruisers during the sank "Little Phil was among the last war, saw service in China dozen survivors who reached a actually, served in virtually every corner of the globe where it was port in northern Scotland and moist enough to float one of his quickly as modern transports-tio-adallowed he was at the majestlys ships. But It was as commander of miralty office, pounding on a H. M. Destroyer Cossack that desk and demanding another' Ship to take him Into battle. history "will remember "Little On Sept. 10, the world again Phil. It was from this gallant Little was electrified when little vessel in a frozen Norwea Phils name once more crackgian fjord that Vian then led into headlines, as he led his captain sent his crew swarming and grappling naval squadron swooping down with cutlasses This Is the ninth article In a series describing for the firet time the valiant exploits of some of Britain's outstanding heroes of World War II, as revealed In the official archives of the British fighting forces. upon German convoys taking supplies to the Murmansk front. Ip 'his first engagement In these waters Vian sank a Nazi an light cruiser, a destroyer, armed trawler and another Vian himself doesnt like to talk about his adventures, but heres a description of his latesLhattU- by anotner officer who was oa Vians ship: We took the Nazis by.surpiise off the northern Norwegian coast. It was during the semidarkness of the Arctic night and we sailed warily along, knowing the enemy was somewnere in our immediate viclnity.Then from the lookout on the foremast came a hoarse, almost whispered shout alarm, to port, sir. There in the mist, not more than 150 yards away, the ghostly shape on an enemy vessel appeared. Then a second shape this time a Nazi visible destroyer was dimly through the tog, maxing on a couise to cross our - bow from port to starboard. FIRE QUICKLY "We waited a bare few mo-ments befoie the admiral (Vian) gave the crisp older to fire and me night blasted open by our guns as we poured shell after snell into the enemy. "Never was the Nazi ship more than 500 yards from us, and m the eerie light we could see even the most minute details of the terrible havoc. Her bridge, control towers and superstructure were completely blown away. We fired a broadside and a later the German destroyer exploded, listed and sank. 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