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Ramage's Rampage - US Submarine Sinks 5 Ships in 37 Minutes - USS Parche
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<blockquote data-quote="T. MIKE SMITH" data-source="post: 4216795" data-attributes="member: 44552"><p>My Dad's brother was lost on the USS Bullhead in the Java Sea believed sunk by Jap aircraft, on the same day they dropped the H bomb. Last Sub lost in WW2. </p><p>My dad was at the Battle of the Budge when Germany surrendered. Since he was in one of the last units sent in, they were told they would be sent home on 30 day leave and then be shipped out to Japan Theater. They dropped the H bomb while he was on leave and didn't have to go. Wound up finishing his career in 1959 with 32 years of service. We never passed a service man on the road anywhere and sometimes drove miles out of the way to get one back to base, camp or fort. I'm next to the last of 7 kids and we lived a modest life, but as broke as we were, dad always had a buck or two to help one get down the way. His three other brothers also served and all but one returned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="T. MIKE SMITH, post: 4216795, member: 44552"] My Dad's brother was lost on the USS Bullhead in the Java Sea believed sunk by Jap aircraft, on the same day they dropped the H bomb. Last Sub lost in WW2. My dad was at the Battle of the Budge when Germany surrendered. Since he was in one of the last units sent in, they were told they would be sent home on 30 day leave and then be shipped out to Japan Theater. They dropped the H bomb while he was on leave and didn't have to go. Wound up finishing his career in 1959 with 32 years of service. We never passed a service man on the road anywhere and sometimes drove miles out of the way to get one back to base, camp or fort. I'm next to the last of 7 kids and we lived a modest life, but as broke as we were, dad always had a buck or two to help one get down the way. His three other brothers also served and all but one returned. [/QUOTE]
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