Fitz-Enz served as a regular army officer for thirty years. In Vietnam he was a combat photographer and paratrooper in the rd Airborne Infantry Brigade and on his second tour, a signal officer in the 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry, 4th Infantry Division. Among his decorations are the Soldier's Medal for heroism, the nations highest award for life saving, the Bronze Star for Valor with four oak leaf clusters, the Air Medal and the Legion of Merit with three oak leaf clusters.
He is married to Carol, his researcher. They have three grown sons, a daughter-in-law and two grandchildren and reside near Lake Placid, New York along with their two West Highland White terriers. Fitz-Enz not only does an incredible job of describing the Constitution's battle history, but he also provides readers with a clear insight into the intricacies of early sailing vessels and the strategies of sea power The ship has been well-preserved and fully restored, and currently serves as a museum and tour site in the Boston area.
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The band extended from the level of the channels down to the top of the main wales. The painting also indicates the stern had three windows, although a painting by George Ropes, Jr. Historians generally believe at the time of the War of the ship had six windows on the stern. The name of the ship appeared below the windows. On the Hull model, an image of a Nereid holding a wreath appears above each outer window. They are flanked by pairs of unmounted cannon. Near the traffail, in the center, is a spread eagle flanked by a row of stars.
The stern is framed with a trim or molding that resembles carved rope. These decorations were probably painted in yellow ochre, as they appear in the paintings and on the Hull model, but they could have also been white.
The bow was originally adorned with a figurehead of the Roman god Hercules, as can be seen in the Corne painting. Their carriages may have also been black, although red, green and brown were common at the time as well. Since the Navy had no established painting regulations at the time it is hard to tell what it may have originally been painted.
In the Corne painting, the inner and outer thirds of the bowspirit are black or brown, while the middle third are yellow ochre. The lower, top and topgallant sections of the masts are yellow ochre up to the trucks and have blackened doublings. The bands on the fore and main masts are blackened and the yards are black or brown. It is not known exactly how many life boats the ship carried but it was probably between six and eight.
One was usually carried in its davits astern, one in davits on either quarter and probably five in two groups in chocks on the skid beams spanning the main hatch. Most of them were probably painted white with a different color below the waterline. The band remained white until it was repainted yellow ochre again in
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