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Originally posted by zeeblebotTo hell with all these leftwing jism STANGS, I mean stains! They know nothing of love for their country. If they want to sit in a cyber cafe and drink their Latte Grandes and speculate whether indigenous peoples slaved to pick the coffee beans more power to 'em. I'm patriotic and proud of it, and I will make no apologies for it. Yes, patriotism is a good thing......it was good in 1776 and is better in 2005....😉
the U.S.S. Pampanito, patrol 1:
http://www.maritime.org/patrol1.htm
Originally posted by chancremechanicLOL! Gets my rec, CM.
To hell with all these leftwing jism STANGS, I mean stains! They know nothing of love for their country. If they want to sit in a cyber cafe and drink their Latte Grandes and speculate whether indigenous peoples slaved to pick the coffee beans more power to 'em. I'm patriotic and proud of it, and I will make no apologies for it. Yes, patriotism is a good thing......it was good in 1776 and is better in 2005....😉
Originally posted by Delmermy first rec ... snif ....
Gets my rec for starting the thread.
the pampanito is amazing .... take a visit, look at the metalwork up close, it looks handmade ... not like modern automobiles, stamped out en masse ...
i spent an overnighter on it, it's tied off a pier in san francisco ... the next bunk up is about a handspan away from your nose ... 35 bunks for enlisted men, squished into one room, 4 or so small cabins for the officers ...
the docent told us the submarines got extremely hot .... they'd surface to get the breeze but often couldn't, to avoid detection, and much of the voyage was like that ... the history binder in the mess had all kinds of stories about the pampanito and other subs during the war ....
Originally posted by zeeblebotThe machines were remarkable and the men even more remarkable. Takes incredible self-discipline to be a submariner. I'd have gone crazy in a submarine. In fact I enlisted in the Army in 1956. Didn't want anything to do with ships or airplanes, or tanks either as a matter of fact. Wanted to be in the open, not sealed inside of something. Wound up in a combat engineer outfit. Combat engineers provided their own infantry support and did quick and dirty engineering jobs. Lots of demolition type work.
my first rec ... snif ....
the pampanito is amazing .... take a visit, look at the metalwork up close, it looks handmade ... not like modern automobiles, stamped out en masse ...
i spent an overnighter on it, it's tied off a pier in san francisco ... the next bunk up is about a handspan away from your nose ... 35 bunks for enlisted men, squished int ...[text shortened]... r in the mess had all kinds of stories about the pampanito and other subs during the war ....