Hi Chris,
Not only terrifying, but deadly. My uncle was killed in such an attack on
the USS Franklin in the South Pacific during WWII.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] (OT) Canyon Software
> That must have been terrifying: Kamikaze attacks.
>
> Alastair MacLean's stories were great for adolescents, me included, but
> they were always so OTT with the hero's heroism and staying power.
> However, I'd be quite happy to read another one.
>
> Chris
>
> On 26 May 2011, at 12:16, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>
>> When in Charleston, SC, years ago, I visited the riverside park where
>> they have an old diesel submarine, a WWII destroyer and a WWII aircraft
>> carrier. I'm too lazy to look up their names. The destroyer was famous
>> for having taken the greatest number of kamikaze hits in the Pacific, and
>> I was blown away (oops!) by how small it was. When the sailors called
>> them tin cans, they weren't kidding. Don't know how it could have taken
>> one hit and stayed afloat, much less multiple.
>>
>> One of my favorite books growing up was Alistair Maclean's HMS Ulysses.
>> Can't recall it it was a destroyer or a cruiser, though.
>
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