Ed Offley

Ed Offley (Col ’69) won first prize for a print publication under 100,000 circulation) in the Military Reporters & Editors 2018 journalism competition. Offley’s winning article was an investigative piece revealing new details about the sinking of the nuclear attack submarine USS Scorpion and its 99-man crew on May 22, 1968. His article in MHQ—The Quarterly Journal of Military History revealed previously undisclosed eyewitness accounts confirming that U.S. Navy officials knew at the time of its loss—and immediately covered up—hard evidence that the nuclear attack submarine and its 99-man crew had been attacked and sunk by the Soviets.

Ed Offley (Col ’69) had a book, Turning the Tide: How a Small Band of Allied Sailors Conquered the U-boats and Won the Battle of the Atlantic, published by Basic Books.

Ed Offley (Col ’69) had a book, Turning the Tide: How a Small Band of Allied Sailors Conquered the U-boats and Won the Battle of the Atlantic, published by Basic Books.