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day he joined the Navy
Vasili joins the Soviet Navy at age 16 -
schooling
attended a Pacific Higher Naval School and was in soviet-Japanese war. -
made a move
made tranfer and graduated from Caspin Higher NAval School -
rising in the ranks
appointed deputy-commander -
melt down
nuclear failure on sub causes panic and mutiny but vasili helps the captin calm the crew an make an emergency cooling system -
Cuban Missle Crisis
during the Cuban Missile Crisis, a group of eleven United States Navy destroyers and the aircraft carrier USS Randolph located the diesel-powered nuclear-armed Soviet Foxtrot-class submarine B-59 near Cuba. -
honors
obtained the order of the red banner and order of the red star -
Crisis Adverted
The day he stopped the nuke. -
Death date
He died in 1998 at the age of 72 from expoure to radiation in the k-19 incident. -
hero of the world
