Simonas Kudirka seaman, known for defecting from the USSR by jumping to the USCGC Vigilant, and who was portrayed in the TV movie The Defection of Simas Kudirka.
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Rich won an Emmy for outstanding direction of a special in 1978 for The Defection of Simas Kudirka.