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
Paradise Lost (Symphony X album) Paradise Lost (Symphony X album) Paradise Lost is the seventh studio album by progressive metal band Symphony X, released on June 26, 2007 through Inside Out Music. It is a concept album loosely inspired by John Milton's 1667 epic poem "Paradise Lost". The album was the band's first to chart on the U.S. "Billboard" 200, reaching No. 123 and remaining on that chart for a week, as well as reaching No. 1 on "Billboard"'s Heatseekers and the top 100 in five other countries. The album's release had been delayed numerous times since the announcement on November 16, 2005 that the