"The bow of the submarine was flung out of the sea. We saw almost half of the craft. Then it fell back but only to be caught by a second series of depth charges and again the bow was thrown up.
This time the stern was submerged and the bow stayed up. The submarine was caught there, at an angle of sixty or seventy degrees just for an instant. Then she slid down into the sea."
Between the 10th, at least one submarine was sunk at sea and the I-70 was the only one not to return. This must be the sunken submarine.
Also, one has to wonder that if it was assigned to watch south of Oahu, why was it north of it and on the surface?
A Mystery Answered? --GreGen
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.
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