Often forgotten, unfortunately, by many - but not by those who know. The front line heroes could only perform their heroics because of a lot of people doing their part.
God Bless Them All.
“Often forgotten, unfortunately, by many - but not by those who know. The front line heroes could only perform their heroics because of a lot of people doing their part.”
As the former Sub-tender based ET son of a CVS snipe, I wholeheartedly agree.
I once read that the Swordfish were so slow the Bismarck’s gunnery computers could not track them.
How did they ever get the "Stringbags" (Swordfish) back aboard?
“One ping only, Vasily”
What a gracious hero Moffet is to share his glory with these men.
That is almost as impressive as what he did 59 years ago.
Make that 68 years ago.
Seems strange he didn’t know the hit was his. If he didn’t see it hit someone else must have for them to determine who did it. I would think the pilots back on the ship would have been heavily debriefed to get an idea of what damage had been inflicted on BISMARCK.
Sink the Bismarck, Johnny Horton’s 1960 song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EdngnDdjCo
In may of nineteen forty-one the war had just begun
The germans had the biggest ships
That had the biggest guns
The Bismark was the fastest ship
That ever sailed the seas
On her deck were guns as big as steers
And shells as big as trees
Out of the cold and foggy night
Came the british ship the Hood
And ev’ry british seaman he knew and understood
They had to sink the Bismark the terror of the sea
Stop those guns as bid as steers
And those shells as big as trees
We’ll find that german battleship
That’s makin’ such a fuss
We gotta sink the Bismark
‘Cause the world depends on us
Hit the decks a-runnin’ boys
And spin those guns around
When we find the Bismark we gotta cut her down
The Hood found the Bismark and on that fatal day
The Bismark started firin’ fifteen miles away
We gotta sink the Bismark was the battle sound
But when the smoke had cleared away
The mighty Hood went down
For six long days and weary nights
They tried to find her trail
Churchill told the people put ev’ry ship a-sail
‘Cause somewhere on that ocean
I know she’s gotta be
We gotta sink the Bismark to the bottom of the sea
We’ll find that german battleship
That’s makin’ such a fuss
We gotta sink the Bismark
‘Cause the world depends on us
Hit the decks a-runnin’ boys
And spin those guns around
When we find the Bismark we gotta cut her down
The fog was gone the seventh day
And they saw the mornin’ sun
Ten hours away from homeland
The Bismark made its run
The admiral of the british fleet said
Turn those bows around
We found that german battleship
And we’re gonna cut her down
The british guns were aimed
And the shells were comin’ fast
The first shell hit the Bismark
They knew she couldn’t last
That mighty german battleship is just a memory
Sink the Bismark was the battle cry
That shook the seven seas
We found that german battleship
Was makin’ such a fuss
We had to sink the Bismark
‘Cause the world depends on us
We hit the deck a-runnin’ and
We spun those guns around
We found the mighty Bismark
And then we cut her down
We found that german battleship
Was makin’ such a fuss
We had to sink the Bismark
‘Cause the world depends on us
We hit the deck a-runnin’ and
We spun those guns around
We found the mighty Bismark
And then we cut her down
Very cool, but how could a guy who did something this significant be overlooked for that long? Amazing...
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