[blam]

USS Jallao SS368 (This was my home in the mid-60's)

[cajungirl]

Cool boat. Yes, I am proud he is my relative. He went down on the Pickerel, I just remembered the name of it. And there was a scandal involved. Seems some congressman blabbed about how the Japanese were dropping charges or whatever they were called at a shallow depth and missing our subs. This this blabby congressman announced that on the radio saying our guys weren't getting hit because they were deeper, I think he even gave the depth. Shortly after that the japanese got a bunch of our subs, my cousin's among the ones. They were never found but it was felt the congressman was instrumental in his death. Sort of like now isn't it.

[JudyB1938]

Wow, blam, I didn't know that you were a Tincan Sailor! That is just too cool. All military personnel are heroes to me, especially fighter pilots - but it takes a special kind of person to serve aboard a submarine (in my opinion, anyway).

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