scottplen Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 (edited) Received this via a trade and did not research it until now ! thought he would be a Destroyer guy or something like that !! But turns out to be a Submarine KIA from the USS Tang !!!!!! Enlisted 4-23-1943 sent to sub school then on 8-22-44 sent to Submarine base 128 (pearl Harbor) 8-22-1944 to 9-18-1944 served on USS Plunger SS-179 Then transferred to the USS Tang SS-306 and on 10-24-1944 on the 5th war patrol for the Tang she was lost and 78 men lost ! this was a MOH patrol for the ships skipper who survived the sinking but spent rest of war as a POW Edited June 15, 2013 by scottplen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted June 15, 2013 Author Share Posted June 15, 2013 Picture from eternal patrol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted June 15, 2013 Author Share Posted June 15, 2013 on the bottom trying to escape ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
army historian Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Wow, that's very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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