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Brady -> RE: OT- USS Wahoo found (11/10/2006 7:07:14 AM)
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I have O'Kanes Book on the Wahoo, and Of Course His Book on the Tang, the Later Is a better book of course, one of the most moving Sub Books I have ever read, I could Never bring myself to read the last chapter in theat book, I read it several times when I was younger, then Finial in my Early 20's I did read the finial Pages detailing the end of the Tang, I wept as I did very sad stuff.
Wahoo, of corse one of the most famious US subs for various reasions was also noted for comiting what would of been a War crime had it been done by an Axis Sub.:
p.153 WAHOO, The Patrools of Americas most Famious WW2 Submarine, By Richard H. O'Kane.
After Torepdoing a Seiwa Maru Class Transport Mush Mortain Orderd "Battle Stations man Both Gun's"
" I'll order a single four inch-round at the largerest craft, and we'll continue in to see if we draw any return fire....Machine Guns, it'll be your job to chase the troops out of their boats, and Cheif Carr (speaking directly to the 4 inch gun captain) you smash up the baots, their is only time for a single pass so use maximume rate of fire. Besides the deck gun we had one 20mm Cannon ad two BAR's, all maned and ready....Wahoos fire , all to starboard was methodical, the small guns sweeping from abeam forward like fire hosses cleaning a streat. The japanese troops, in Khaki with shorts and all whearing life jackets, sought safty in the seas as the deck gun demolished their boats"
O'Kane states that the resioning was that the Troopps in the Life boats could of been rescued and that they were compeled to kill them to prevent this, though couriosly he also states that they dident realy try and shoot at the troops specificaly just their boats, yet he also claimes that some were undoubtly killed in so doing....
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