Iron coffins.... indeed.

Akula4745 · 08-27-09, 04:55 PM

While I understand the noble concept and agree completely with respecting war graves... the spirit, life force, energy (whatever you choose to call it) of those men, no matter the nationality, are not trapped within the broken metal hulls - returning bones to a favored hillside is something to make the living feel better about the loss... if I died with my shipmates on a sub, the sea would take good care of my bones.

No offense, ddrgn... just my opinion.

More info on the sub off New jersey... http://www.u869.com/
And the Nova TV special - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostsub/
And Uboat.net - http://uboat.net/boats/u869.htm

08-27-09, 04:55 PM	#11
Akula4745 Convicted Ship Killer Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Just out of sight... plotting your course and speed Posts: 846 Downloads: 371 Uploads: 1	While I understand the noble concept and agree completely with respecting war graves... the spirit, life force, energy (whatever you choose to call it) of those men, no matter the nationality, are not trapped within the broken metal hulls - returning bones to a favored hillside is something to make the living feel better about the loss... if I died with my shipmates on a sub, the sea would take good care of my bones. No offense, ddrgn... just my opinion. More info on the sub off New jersey... http://www.u869.com/ And the Nova TV special - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostsub/ And Uboat.net - http://uboat.net/boats/u869.htm __________________ Akula4745 "If you sit by the river long enough... the body of your enemy will float by -- SunTzu" Last edited by Akula4745; 08-27-09 at 05:19 PM.