Bruce mbabele@999info.net
Today marks the 67th anniversary of the loss of the Grunion, a day that 70 young men gave their lives in the service of their country. It was also a day that the lives of wives, parents, sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews and friends would forever be dramatically changed.
Since that day there has been [...]
Bruce mbabele@999info.net
As almost everybody who is familiar with the Grunion story knows the dismal performance of the Mark 14 torpedo was a major contributor to the loss of the sub.
There is a relatively new book out Iron Men & Tin Fish by Anthony Newpower which does an excellent job in describing [...]
Bruce mbabele@999info.net
Takuya Asakura, the reporter for the Asahi Shinbun newspaper has written a superb article that appeared on the front page of that newspaper about one aspect of the Grunion story. An English translation is now available at
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200904040044.html
It is worth reading.
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Bruce mbabele@999info.net
The problems with the blog have been repaired and the posting of comments can resume.
There is a interesting new development to the Grunion story. Most know that the Grunion attacked three sub chasers and sunk two of them. The 97-year-old wife of the commander of the sub chaser that was sunk [...]
Bruce mbabele@999info.net
You may have noticed that there is a change in the format of the blog. We do not know what caused it. Although there are some interesting features the change has created several problems. One of them is that it’s more difficult to post a comment. Another is that it is [...]