The Day - Tossing Lines: From Groton to the bottom of the Bering Sea - News from southeastern Connecticut
The USS Grunion off Groton in March 1942. (Courtesy of John Steward) Lt. Commander Mannert “Jim” Abele. (Courtesy of John Steward) Published June 18. 2021 9:00AM By John Steward, Special to the Times June, being the calendrical host of Father’s Day, seems a good time to recall the six-decade search of three sons for their long lost father, from Groton to the bottom of the remote Bering Sea. On Sunday, May 24, 1942, the Abele family enjoyed lunch at the Officers Club on the submarine base in Groton. Afterwards, Lieutenant Commander Mannert “Jim” Abele, commander of the submarine US...
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