I am remebering the line in Das Boot when the 'boot rises to the surface to survey the damage that they had cuased only to see the flame-licked survivors escape into the ocean in hopes of reaching the sub for help. The 'boot's captain and their crew were forced to pull away from the wreck...much to their dismay, because their was nothing that they could do for the stricken crew.
War sucks for both sides sometimes.
