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Re: Francis Douglas Fane USNR passed away.
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David Strike <[log in to unmask]>
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SCUBA or ELSE! Diver's forum <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:19:55 +1100
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On Wednesday, November 20, 2002 12:13 PM, Lee Bell wrote:

> I just got this from a friend in another forum.  Strike, I thought you
might
> find this particularly interesting.
>
> Lee
>
> Learned this morning that Cmdr. Francis Douglas Fane (USNR) passed away
> last Wednesday, the 13th, from prostate and colon cancer.

Mate!  I heard that - ad was about to say that he'd written a book called,
'The Naked Warriors', (that I have sitting on one of my shelves) until I
read the rest of the post .... :-)

> In 1956 Fane and Dan Moore wrote an excellent book about the UDT during
> World War II and the Korean War, titled The Naked Warriors.

Many thanks for passing the info along, though.  It's appreciated.  :-)

Strike

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