'Sub ladies' uncover tale of lost crew

Seminole · 10-02-08, 04:28 PM

I don't often post in this area..but for this I'll make an exception...

Links:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...ubmarine_N.htm

(be sure to pass mouse cursor over photos of crewmen.)

http://www.csp.navy.mil/ww2boats/grunion.htm

Why is this important to me?

One of the crewman aboard the Grunion that day shares my family surname and is from the same county and district* as I am ....though I can't make a direct connection. :hmm: I'm fairly certain though we are cousins to some degree. His middle name, with it's odd spelling, is exactly the same as my grandfather's Christian name.

*(there is a mountain, a creek, a road, a school and a cemetery there that carries our shared surname)

August · 10-02-08, 08:20 PM

God bless the men of the Grunion and the families they left behind.

Sailor Steve · 10-02-08, 08:29 PM

Quite a story, and quite a site.

Thanks, Seminole.

Frame57 · 10-03-08, 01:14 AM

Wow! Those ladies are doing a great service for their families. The dive planes being stuck was interesting. Was it the cause of their demise or did something else happen on or near the surface to cause them to crash dive then the planes stayed stuck after the damage had already occured from an unknown situation? RIP my brothers!

10-02-08, 04:28 PM	#1
Seminole Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,012 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	'Sub ladies' uncover tale of lost crew I don't often post in this area..but for this I'll make an exception... Links: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...ubmarine_N.htm (be sure to pass mouse cursor over photos of crewmen.) http://www.csp.navy.mil/ww2boats/grunion.htm Why is this important to me? One of the crewman aboard the Grunion that day shares my family surname and is from the same county and district* as I am ....though I can't make a direct connection. :hmm: I'm fairly certain though we are cousins to some degree. His middle name, with it's odd spelling, is exactly the same as my grandfather's Christian name. (there is a mountain, a creek, a road, a school and a cemetery there that carries our shared surname) __________________ Last edited by Seminole; 10-04-08 at 07:07 AM.*

10-02-08, 08:20 PM	#2
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	God bless the men of the Grunion and the families they left behind. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

10-02-08, 08:29 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Quite a story, and quite a site. Thanks, Seminole. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-03-08, 01:14 AM	#4
Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Wow! Those ladies are doing a great service for their families. The dive planes being stuck was interesting. Was it the cause of their demise or did something else happen on or near the surface to cause them to crash dive then the planes stayed stuck after the damage had already occured from an unknown situation? RIP my brothers!