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Best_man23

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3. Incredible Story, Thanks for Sharing This

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Fri Nov 13, 2020, 03:38 PM

Nov 2020

Its likely those Japanese destroyers were both sunk when Operation Hailstone hit Truk a little more than a month after the Blackfish and your Dad went through this experience.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hailstone

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Depth Charged for Seventeen Hours By John T. Woltjen, 19 years old [View all] Beringia Nov 2020 OP

Wow. mahina Nov 2020 #1

impressive UpInArms Nov 2020 #2

Incredible Story, Thanks for Sharing This Best_man23 Nov 2020 #3

Riveting account and thanks. I was glued to the screen till finished. yonder Nov 2020 #4

Great firsthand account Bradshaw3 Nov 2020 #5

Thank you had me on edge white cloud Nov 2020 #6