The Purple Heart of wartime propaganda that had a stereotypical portrayal of the Japanese (usually by actors of non-Japanese origin) as sadistic tyrants trying to wrest the secret of their aircraft carrier's location during torture sessions. The 16 air crews did arrive over Japan from the USS Hornet (CV-8). President Franklin D. Roosevelt said the crews came from Shangri-La, a fictional place described in the 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" by British author James Hilton. The USS Shangri-La (CV-38) was commissioned in 1944. "The Purple Heart" was based on the real-life story of eight Doolittle Raiders who were captured from two different crews: Lieutenants
Gothic (Paradise Lost album) Gothic (Paradise Lost album) Gothic is the second full-length album released by British heavy metal band Paradise Lost. This album has been re-released twice, both of which contain remastered sound. The 2003 re-release of this album appended two remixes of songs from "Lost Paradise", bringing the total running time to 49 minutes and 30 seconds. Remixed/live versions of "Eternal", "Gothic" and "The Painless", appear on the 2003 digipak re-release of "Lost Paradise". In 2008, Gothic was re-released with a bonus DVD with a rare performance by the band. Allmusic gave "Gothic" a three star mixed review. In June 2005, "Gothic"