European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Challenging Sank in july of 1956 following collision with the three divers and their 10member support team perfume dish silverware and Dis set Back to surrendering the Andrea mysteries once again to the North i Haven expedition was the most sophisticated live attempt on the a Hal dozen other at so yielded Only a 700pound Bronze statue of Ira for whom the ship was a Shad been made to raise the ship by attaching bags to the wreck or filling it with lighter than Stic one group had even proposed cram ship full of pingpong Vail Ali is about the Only Man who can claim sue the but he and his team explored the 168 to make a not to bring up Lian an expert described his de t Doria this Way not a he but each time i dived Rater it was like committing it was an eerie we wore in the midst of a rapid underwater fish and Plankton scorned to Fly past us like huge snowflakes in a it was As if we were swimming in ice cold we were always in danger of being swept away by the Force of the Only one thin rope linked us to inc trawler if it were swept away or jerked Loose from the we would be lost in the Atlantic before quitting the wreck for Good after 21 Vailati and his Crew attached a plaque to the Bridge which read for the impossible to become possible and the Andrea Doria to Sec the Light of Day the plaque and the disappointment of Chris Don Bob Hollis and their Crew Only reaffirmed an epitaph pronounced the year after the Andrea Doria disaster by Frederick at the time considered by Many the worlds Foremost she will never be said the sea owns the Doria the first Hal dozen Salvage attempts yielded Only 700pound Bronze statue of the liners Olms battered Bow testifies to Impact 1978 of collision of Nantucket divers came up Only with this sorry handful from last Salvage the stars and stripes Page 15