On Feb 25, 5:19 pm, Jeff Dougherty
wrote:

My WW2 reading was buttressed by my Father's experience (DEs and Subs
in the Pacific).

Hats off to him, then. You don't hear nearly enough about what a
crucial difference the "Silent Service" made during the war years.
Have you read Blair's _Silent Victory_? It's probably the best single
history of U.S. sub operations in the Pacific during WWII, and if you
haven't it's well worth the read. Just got reprinted a few years
back, so you can even get a copy without promising someone your
firstborn son.

-JTD

No, though I should.

I don't even know which ships he served on -- he had the names
tattooed on his forearms (before everybody had tattoos). He died
before the "greatest generation" started talking.

As one of them said, "Now they won't shut up!"

:-)

Though if you're familar with Band of brothers, you know about Dick
Winters.

he came and spoke to an OCS Class I taught -- talk about a humble guy.
One of the candidates asked him to recount his single-handed capture
of a German Battalion...

"Well, they were scared and tired too..."

Different age, then.


Dan