8:40 Dad was a BM2 on ASW off the coast of US and said machine gun fire was used to strafe the subs deck to keep the subs 88 from being manned. Then the sub knew it was over. Suspect they were after code books so did not use the big guns as shown. Later retired from NSA.
Big shout out tonthose that toil endlessly restoring these films and oreserving history ..thanks for all that you do
Thank You for this, Semper Paratus to my friends at Periscope Films!!!
8:40 Dad was a BM2 on ASW off the coast of US and said machine gun fire was used to strafe the subs deck to keep the subs 88 from being manned. Then the sub knew it was over. Suspect they were after code books so did not use the big guns as shown. Later retired from NSA.
Thanks! Dangerous as hell but at least they were able to leave out of harm's way if they survived the landing.