[Ansteorra] Current History

[Marcha]

Sorry but "Sighted Sub, Sank Same". was said by AMM 1/C Donald Francis mason 
on 28/January/1942 off the coast of Newfoundland when  he thought he had 
sunk a U-boat. (One source for this quote is the naval Historical Center in 
Washington, D.C..There are too many others to list.)
The message sent by the Ward about the mini sub said that they had attacked, 
fired upon and dropped depth charges on a submarine operating in defensive 
waters.  They were asked to confirm and they did, adding "with gunfire" to 
the original message.  This happened at 0643 on 7/Dec/1941. The message was 
sent by FLC Ken Swendberg who was only 20 years old at the time.

Shalom,
Bertha
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Gilbert" <niklas at pbgilbert.net>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Current History


> If your talking about the "Sighted Sub, sank same", yes. She fired the
> first shots of WWII for the US (official shots, actual there were some
> exchanges in China between US forces and the Japanese plus the Flying
> Tigers and the Americans that volunteered to fly in the RAF, RCAF and
> the RAAF).
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> Niklas
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> Mike Wyvill wrote:
>> Are you referring to USS Ward?
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