What got you interested in WWII submarines?

Bubblehead1980 · 07-02-13, 07:48 PM

Visiting the USS Drum in Mobile, AL(grew up 50 miles or so away in Florida) as a kid and watching the old submarine movies...Run Silent, Run Deep, etc as a kid.However, being from the "Cradle of Naval Aviation" I was hooked on WW II Naval Aviation growing up (frequent trips to the National Museum of Naval Aviation) but always found it interesting.Anyway, few years ago was in a terrible car accident, spent a summer stuck in the house, my girlfriend at the time saw SH 4 at Best Buy, knowing I am a "history nerd", she purchased it to keep me occupied.I was hooked the moment I played it, but after finding subsim, reading some of the skipper's books etc it has evolved into a major interest of mine. The impact of US submarines in WW II is still largely not known, a lot of it has to do with the silent service culture.

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07-02-13, 07:48 PM	#7
Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 606 Uploads: 44	Visiting the USS Drum in Mobile, AL(grew up 50 miles or so away in Florida) as a kid and watching the old submarine movies...Run Silent, Run Deep, etc as a kid.However, being from the "Cradle of Naval Aviation" I was hooked on WW II Naval Aviation growing up (frequent trips to the National Museum of Naval Aviation) but always found it interesting.Anyway, few years ago was in a terrible car accident, spent a summer stuck in the house, my girlfriend at the time saw SH 4 at Best Buy, knowing I am a "history nerd", she purchased it to keep me occupied.I was hooked the moment I played it, but after finding subsim, reading some of the skipper's books etc it has evolved into a major interest of mine. The impact of US submarines in WW II is still largely not known, a lot of it has to do with the silent service culture.