Regarding the capture of U-505, here is an eyewitness account:
Don Carter, 93, Norwalk, Calif.
A radio communications signalman on the Guadalcanal, Carter has visited U-505 many times, and some of his personal artifacts, including his pistol, are on display. "The most exciting thing was when (the submarine) surfaced, and the Germans were coming through the conning tower and jumping in the water, evacuating the sub. That was the most exciting time." Carter, who boarded the sub after the first boarding crew, also remembers: "You have never smelled something like that. Those guys had been to sea for 89 days and didn't have any baths. And when that water rushed in there and got on those old dirty clothes and got everything else wet — you've never smelled anything like it."
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