To: the scotsman; Homer_J_Simpson
I say only half tongue-in-cheek the Mariners on the north Atlantic convoys were nuts. Brave volunteers, but nuts. As Homerjsimpson's daily posting of the NY Times from seventy years ago illustrates, the U-Boat War, the Battle of the Atlantic was a near run thing. I cannot imagine having to transit at maybe eight knots and wonder if a torpedo will not slam into my ship the next moment.
2 posted on
03/19/2013 5:02:32 PM PDT by
Jacquerie
("How few were left who had seen the republic!" - Tacitus, The Annals)
To: the scotsman
ARCTIC STAR WWII NEW ISSUE STAR, Army, Navy, RAF, Military, Russia 7 posted on
03/19/2013 6:59:34 PM PDT by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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