Cultural References
Woody Guthrie wrote the song "The Sinking of the Reuben James". He performed the song with Pete Seeger and the other Almanac Singers. The Guthrie song has an original tune for its chorus, but its verses are set to the tune of the song "Wildwood Flower". The song was performed by Johnny Horton on his album "Johnny Horton Makes History." The Kingston Trio have released their version of the song on numerous albums.
The Reuben James was also the name of the Frigate that intercepted the eponymous submarine of the film The Hunt for Red October. In addition there is a frigate named Reuben James in the book "Red Storm Rising."
Read more about this topic: USS Reuben James (DD-245)
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“The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce such a deficit, and even threaten human survival.”
—Noam Chomsky (b. 1928)