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.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
The Battle of the Atlantic Off the North Carolina Coast, April 1942-- Part 2
April 6th: BIDWELL, tanker, torpedoed by U-160, 1 killed. //// April 7th: BRITISH SPLENDOUR, tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U-552, 12 killed. //// April 7th: LANCING, whaling factory/tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U-552, 1 killed. //// April 7th: KOLLSKEGG, tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U-754, 4 killed. ///// That is seven ships sunk in one day. Tomorrow I'll list the three ships sunk on April 9th, 1942, 72 years ago. //// --GreGen
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