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.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Battle of Atlantic Off NC Coast, April 1942
Another four ships were sunk before April ended. And, there was an eight day lapse before the last one. Possibly because the U-boats had returned to base to resupply? //// April 20th-- CHENANGO, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U-84, 31 killed. //// April 20th-- AGRA, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U-654, 6 killed. //// April 21st-- BRIS, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U-201, 5 killed. //// April 29th-- ASHKHABAD, tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U-402. //// That amounts to 27 Allied ships sunk during April 1942, just off the coast of North Carolina. //// The War At Our Front Door. --GreGen
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