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"(it's) really sad in a way to think of all those memories losing the one thing that linked us all together......"

what is the usage of losing here?

"Life goes on and our memories fade away, just a bit faster when our ships are cut up for razor blades."

faster? faster than what? somgthing missing?

Women, the Soviet submarine and an intelligence coup

what is intelligence coup?

AS of December 31, 2020

This group, as a whole, acted as "thugs" which raises doubt as to whether they should ever have been accepted into military service in the first place."

what is in the first place meaning here?

as of means begin from 31, Dec. or end on 31, Dec.?

the usage of as of, as to, and some more examples?

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Silencio Tarsierwhat is the usage of losing here?

That is a transcription of speech, and speech often contains ungrammatical elements once you've put it on paper and can't hear the inflections and pauses. I think it is improperly punctuated. The way CNN has it, memories are losing something, and that is not what the man said. Perhaps "(it's) really sad in a way to think of all those memories—(to think of) losing the one thing that linked us all together......" "Losing" is a gerund.

Silencio Tarsier"Life goes on and our memories fade away, just a bit faster when our ships are cut up for razor blades."faster? faster than what?

Our memories fade faster than they would have if our ships had not been scrapped. He is talking about the memories in the minds of the sailors who like him served on those ships.

Silencio Tarsierwhat is intelligence coup?

coup - "a brilliant, sudden, and usually highly successful stroke or act" ( https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coup )

intelligence - "information concerning an enemy or possible enemy or an area - also : an agency engaged in obtaining such information" ( https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intelligence )

I think the writer went a bit too far with "coup". It was an accident, so the US intelligence people did not deserve so much credit this time. It was more like stroke of luck than a coup.

Silencio Tarsierwhat is in the first place meaning here?

It is an idiomatic expression. Here, it means "at all".

Silencio Tarsieras of means begin from 31, Dec. or end on 31, Dec.?

It's more like ending, but here it means "at that point in the history of the Navy up till then".

Silencio Tarsierthe usage of as of, as to, and some more examples?

That's too big a question. They are idiomatic uses of "as". Cambridge is good for that:

( https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/as?q=as_1 )

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