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Originally Posted by I'm goin' down
Truk, eatern entrance. Sunk 3 or 4 merchants. My boat was spotted and depth charged, so it ran to the Jap port to the north and moored in a boat slip. The dds tried but could not damage my boat due to the quay wall. And one of their depth charges sunk on of their own boats. I waited until they gave up and sailed off. However, I was out of topredoes. I managed to get away the next day. If I had not exhausted my supply of torpedoes, I would have been well inside Truk with free reign to take care of buiness.
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Now that's the kind of evasion I like to hear. I read this account once before. That was a clever idea and a tactic I must remember.
