Stories of the Secret Submarine Missions of World War II
Some of these have to be read to be believed. Sunsets over Manila Bay are nothing less than spectacular. Once the sun dips below the horizon there is a lingering illumination known as “blue hour” as the sky gradually shifts from pale azure to deep indigo before fading completely into the black tropical night. But for the men of USS Seawolf there was no blue hour that warm January evening in 1942. Their submarine rested on the inky bottom of the bay awaiting nightfall when it would be safe to surface. At 7:30 pm, Lt. Cmdr. Frederick “Fearless Freddie” Warder, gave the command. The s...
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