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visit. Chapter 19 Conferring with Admiral Halsey's Staff as to the Third Fleet's requirements for the scheduled July strikes and bombardments of the Empire, I found that news of our mine-detecting ability had given them ideas. They wanted submarines
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many a medal awarded in any war represents just the shade of difference which separates a commendation from a court martial.
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had every reason to believe in my own mind that we were south of the Point. When we did get the bearings, they were confused.
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is always the factor of the unknown that instils fear in the enemy and leads the way to victory.
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There are moments when men pray with words that only the heart can speak and only God can hear--prayers
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There are few families in this country who were not touched by the war through the service of sons, daughters or near relatives, and there are still fewer servicemen and women who are not indebted to our submariners in some way or other. I have in mind particularly the 504 airmen of all the services who were rescued from almost certain death of drowning, or worse, by the timely presence of life-guard submarines.
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By the end of the war, we had rescued some 504 dunked aviators.
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A bullet hole in my bedroom door was a grim reminder of December 7, 1941, and of an entire nation which had not been sufficiently awake...
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