Hello

[Heinz Niebel]

Thanks all for the welcomes. My grandpa was only a cook Although I don't discredit the awesome experience he must have had. Unfortunately I rarely speak to him - he lives in Wales, and we're here in America. I should get on it that though, and ask him what it was like to live aboard one of those things. I do know he was captured towards the middle of the war, and placed in a POW Camp in Britain, and later America. He actually met his future-wife while being imprisoned believe it or not in Britain - which is why he's in Wales now.

I'll remember the 30k thing, and I did remember the game saying something, but I was in such a bad mood I just clicked without thinking, or reading. Bad move. I've learned my lesson, and after work tonight cannot wait to get back in the control room.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Heinz Niebel

I should get on it that though, and ask him what it was like to live aboard one of those things.

Yes you should. I had two uncles serve in the navy during the war (my dad was just too young) and possibly a couple more in the army. One of the navy ones was at Pearl Harbor. I never got to talk to either one about their experiences, and now they're long gone.

Don't lose the chance.

[Heinz Niebel]

Considering I leave for the Navy in 3 months I may just do that

[Captain Nemo]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Yes you should. I had two uncles serve in the navy during the war (my dad was just too young) and possibly a couple more in the army. One of the navy ones was at Pearl Harbor. I never got to talk to either one about their experiences, and now they're long gone.

Don't lose the chance.

I also had two uncles serve in the Royal Navy during WWII. The eldest joined up in 1939 at the beginning of the war and was put on a destroyer protecting the convoys across the North Atlantic. The second eldest was called up in 1943 and was put on submarines based in Australia fighting the Japanese in the Pacific. They both never really spoke much about their war experiences. I remember my uncle who was on subs mention that his selection for submarine duty went like this: "I was in a line up of newly recruited sailors and the officer in charge asked for volunteers for the submarine service. When no one volunteered the officer went along the line and picked out the sailors that were to be put on subs". My uncle was one of them. He also said that when the the Americans were in the process of fighting for the islands in the Pacific he was given the opportunity to look through the periscope at the American forces landing on the beaches. After witnessing this bravery he vowed never to say a bad word about an American again.

Nemo