crazyralph

From the paternal side, my grandfather and his brother (my great-uncle)were on submarines in the Pacific theatre. My great-uncle Vernon was on the USS Batfish, the most decorated US sub of the war. There is a book written about it, I'm not sure of the author, but there are many pictures from the sub with my great-uncle in them. He died when I was young but from the book I guess the Batfish actually shelled the Japanese mainland and then had to run for her life through minefields and a vicious Destroyer screen. I don't remember what sub he was on but my grandfather has told me his sub survived one of the most intense depth-chargings documented. Good thing they survived or I would not be here. Most stories I have from my dad are from Vietnam. Himself and two of his brothers were over there and all made it back safe.

From the paternal side, my grandfather and his brother (my great-uncle)were on submarines in the Pacific theatre. My great-uncle Vernon was on the USS Batfish, the most decorated US sub of the war. There is a book written about it, I'm not sure of the author, but there are many pictures from the sub with my great-uncle in them. He died when I was young but from the book I guess the Batfish actually shelled the Japanese mainland and then had to run for her life through minefields and a vicious Destroyer screen. I don't remember what sub he was on but my grandfather has told me his sub survived one of the most intense depth-chargings documented. Good thing they survived or I would not be here. Most stories I have from my dad are from Vietnam. Himself and two of his brothers were over there and all made it back safe.

From the paternal side, my grandfather and his brother (my great-uncle)were on submarines in the Pacific theatre. My great-uncle Vernon was on the USS Batfish, the most decorated US sub of the war. There is a book written about it, I'm not sure of the author, but there are many pictures from the sub with my great-uncle in them. He died when I was young but from the book I guess the Batfish actually shelled the Japanese mainland and then had to run for her life through minefields and a vicious Destroyer screen. I don't remember what sub he was on but my grandfather has told me his sub survived one of the most intense depth-chargings documented. Good thing they survived or I would not be here. Most stories I have from my dad are from Vietnam. Himself and two of his brothers were over there and all made it back safe.