The first one is by a nuke vet and is a tribute to all WWII submarine vets. Don’t know who did the second one but it is a tribute to the 52 boats and 3600 plus sailors who paid the ultimate price for our freedoms. Did you know that at 25%, the submarine force had the second highest death rate in WWII? The highest was Naval Aviation.
“I can assure you that they went down fighting and that their brothers who survived them took a grim toll of our savage enemy to avenge their deaths.” – Admiral Charles Lockwood, Commander Submarine Force Pacific
"You sleep safe in your beds, because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do you harm."
George Orwell
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November 11, 2007 at 7:40 am
Scully
Thank you for that. The Submariners just don’t get a whole lot of press and what they do is so inherently brave and dangerous.
As I’ve told you, my big brother “Bull” was on the Seawolf and the Halibut, and I could not have been any prouder of him then and now (he works for Electric boat) than if he’d cured some disease or made a billion dollars inventing something.
“Of all the branches of men in the forces there is none which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the submariners.”
Sir Winston Churchill
November 11, 2007 at 10:57 am
phlegmfatale
Wow. Marvelous videos, and a fitting, elegant tribute. Beautiful music, too. Thank you for serving, Myron. You’re the best of the best.
November 11, 2007 at 5:47 pm
Mary
Awesome tribute!!!
November 14, 2007 at 9:31 am
Myron
Thanks, ladies.