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re: 82 years ago today, 8 American sailors jumped onto a sinking nazi sub
Posted on 6/6/26 at 5:34 am to Lou Loomis
Posted on 6/6/26 at 5:34 am to Lou Loomis
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Tell that to all of the soldiers who fought and died in Market Garden, the Huertgen Forest, the Bulge,and all the airman of the 8th who were still flying missions and getting shot down. Your statement is extremely inaccurate and simplistic.
Simplistic, yes, but very accurate. Think strategically. Germany was already done. It was just a matter of how long and how many lives it was going to take.
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Posted on 6/6/26 at 7:09 am to hawgfaninc
So did Bletchley Park really break the enigma code?
Posted on 6/6/26 at 7:14 am to Harvey Vortac
I love stories like these. TY for this thread.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 7:23 am to hawgfaninc
Loving these WW2 stories! Y’all keep it up.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 9:21 am to iglass
My husband has been on that sub, knew about Enigma, but hadn't put the two together.
I will get Gallery's book for him. He recommends "The Left Handed Monkey Wrench" by Richard McKenna (who also wrote The Sand Pebbles) as a book with a similar approach to Navy stories about the guys doing navy things.
I will get Gallery's book for him. He recommends "The Left Handed Monkey Wrench" by Richard McKenna (who also wrote The Sand Pebbles) as a book with a similar approach to Navy stories about the guys doing navy things.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 10:36 am to gizmothepug
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I’d never heard that part of the story until now, I wonder if any of the 58 stayed in Louisiana, or came back later?
There was a POW camp in Aliceville AL (45 minutes from Tuscaloosa) and about a quarter of them stayed here. A lot of the Germans were from Rommels Africakorp.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 10:50 am to Ponchy Tiger
I suspect they got good medals, but if ordered to do it, they weren’t eligible for MoH.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 11:18 am to Willie Stroker
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You see, that particular camp wasn’t covered by the Geneva Convention.
How did this POW camp get excluded from the Geneva Convention? Are the exceptions or did we just hide/not acknowledge its existence?
This post was edited on 6/6/26 at 11:34 am
Posted on 6/6/26 at 12:45 pm to TigerTattle
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The Fat Electrician
Dude is a great storyteller. I enjoy his videos.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 1:35 pm to hawgfaninc
WOW - that is a heck of a story !
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 3:30 am to real turf fan
If you are unable to find one, drop me a line.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 4:46 am to hawgfaninc
Damn. Cool story, with a Louisiana twist.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 5:05 am to hawgfaninc
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What they pulled out of it changed the war.
Not remotely, ULTRA changed the war, this stunt could have blinded us on the eve of D-Day. They originally wanted to court martial him.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 5:14 am to hawgfaninc
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And the submarine? In 1954, Chicagoans raised $250,000 to bring her home. She was towed across Lake Michigan and dragged through the streets of Chicago to the Museum of Science and Industry.
We were just there last week. The museum has a basic entrance price and then there are extras you have to pay for such as the U boat, the coal mine, and the movie.
For time purposes, we gave our kids the choice between the U boat and the movie. They picked the movie.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 5:37 am to Everyday Is Saturday
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The 58 captured German crewmen vanished into a POW camp in rural Louisiana, hidden even from the Red Cross.
Where in Louisiana?
There were German POWs working the rice farms south of Lake Charles. My grandfather and great grandfather were rice farmers in the area and my great grandfather worked with German POWs on his farm.
They would bus them in from branch camps setup in the area.
This post was edited on 6/8/26 at 5:42 am
Posted on 6/8/26 at 5:54 am to hawgfaninc
So they lied to us when they told us Benedict Cumberbatch broke the code?
Posted on 6/8/26 at 8:07 am to hawgfaninc
my Oldest uncle is in that picture
Posted on 6/8/26 at 10:27 am to LegendInMyMind
Thanks!
Posted on 6/8/26 at 10:44 am to CaliTiger83
quote:I’m reasonably certain that it just was unofficially officially ignored in dealing with the Geneva Convention/IRC folks.
Are the exceptions or did we just hide/not acknowledge its existence?
Kinda like the Manhattan Project sites had liberties taken around them that wouldn’t pass today’s strict legal scrutiny. We were in a global war for our nation’s survival; some exceptions were made.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 10:50 am to hawgfaninc
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And the submarine? In 1954, Chicagoans raised $250,000 to bring her home. She was towed across Lake Michigan and dragged through the streets of Chicago to the Museum of Science and Industry. She's still sitting there right now. You can walk through her.
I didn’t know this story but I have been on board
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