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霰 I.J.N Arare (Hail) 15 April 1939 - 5 July 1942 キスカ Kiska

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IJN Asashio-class destroyer
Yutaka Iwasaki on May 24, 2007 wrote:
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Title: ” Behold ye despisers, and wonder, and perish.‘
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I draw ARARE possible view. It [...]

Video of John Abele Speaking About the Search for the Grunion at Gadgetoff 2006

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CHILE SUB SEEKERS IMPATIENT TO CONFIRM FLACH DISCOVERY

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Navy Commander Patricio Valenzuela and documentary filmmaker Juan Enrique Benitez

Photo and story by Benjamin Witte

http://www.tcgnews.com/santiagotimes/index.php?nav=story&story_id=13654&topic_id=1

(May 6, 2007) Throughout their year-and-a-half-long quest to find the missing Flach, Chile’s long-lost first submarine, documentary filmmaker Juan Enrique Benítez and his collaborators have had to follow just one simple rule: you can look, but you just can’t touch.
Until last [...]

HMS Vandal: Tribute paid to drowned crew of Barrow sub

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Published on 19/05/2007
http://www.arranbanner.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/274/War_dead_on_HMS_Vandal_remembered.html
EX-SUBMARINERS in Scotland have paid their annual tribute to the drowned crew of one of Barrow’s shortest-lived submarines.
Sixty members of the Submariners Association Scottish Branch went to Lochranza to pay homage at the war grave of HMS Vandal, which sank on an exercise in 1943 during the Second World War.
But HMS Vandal [...]

USS Lagarto memorial ceremony at Manitowac

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Manitowoc Ceremony Honors World War II      Sailors

http://wfrv.com/topstories/local_story_126145635.html

(AP) MANITOWOC William T. Mabin died in World War II without ever meeting his grandson. But on Saturday, Bill Kenney connected with his grandfather in spirit, attending a memorial for the crew members who died on the USS Lagarto.

“It’s just a fitting tribute to my grandfather and to [...]