My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Saturday, March 8, 2014
U-boats Off the North Carolina Coast, March 1942-- Part 6
March 26th: DIXIE ARROW, tanker, sunk by the U-71; 11 killed. //// March 26th: EQUIPOISE, freighter, sunk by the U-160; 41 killed. //// March 26th: SULOIDE, freighter, collided with the wreck of the W.E. HUTTON. //// March 27th: CAROLYN, Q-Ship USS Atik, sunk by the U-123; 47 killed. //// March 29th: CITY OF NEW YORK, passenger-freighter, sunk by the U-160; 26 killed. //// Most Americans during this time and even today, do not know about the threat of German U-boat attack off the coast of the United States, but, as you can see, it was real. //// Watch Out for Those U-boats. --GreGen
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