Anybody watch the Fat Electrician?

[coolchange]

Anybody watch this guy? He’s a riot. He reviews, historical military events, weaponry, people, leaders, etc.

 

[Mototrig]

Yep funny as hell. He's a great story teller too.
The "Bat Bomb" is hysterical

 

[rrrr]

I haven't, but the story about the men of the USS Barb, a WWII fleet submarine, blowing up a train on the Japanese island of Sakhalin is a testament to the bravery of its landing party and submariners in general.

During an earlier war patrol, Barb snuck into a congested and shallow harbor, torpedoed and sank three ships, and damaged three others.

Barb's Captain, Eugene Fluckey, was awarded a Medal of Honor for that attack along with three Navy Crosses for other successful war patrols. The submarine sank a total of 17 enemy ships on its eight war patrols, while the crew and boat received a Presidential Unit Citation.

That time a US Navy submarine got a confirmed kill on a train during WWII

In the closing weeks of World War II, a Navy submarine was credited with “sinking” a train during a daring mission.

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@Xring01 knows this story. He was a US Navy submariner.

 

[Kenboat]

We had some tough and smart commanders in WWII, just ordinary men who stood and did their job.

 

[Caydens Cat]

”Fluck around and find out”

thanks for sharing. Some history I never knew about.

Those old-timers are almost all gone. Damn right the Greatest Generation.