The Poor Guys Were Dying
Heroes Remember
The Poor Guys Were Dying
Somewhere along the line, we got assigned to be a striking force
and looking for a sub off the coast of England that had been
sinking coastal ships. We picked up a contact doing that.
Depth charges brought up an oily slick which they determined was
diesel fuel, but no debris and no bodies, nothing. So you
couldn’t claim it unless you had proof. When we were on that
striking force looking for that sub, off the English coast and
we picked up survivors from an English Corvette that had got
torpedoed. And to see them laying on the deck, vomiting up fuel
oil, the diesel fuel which was poison and you knew the poor guys
were dying. And the other ones trying to ... who had a full
beard on, where the beard had knotted in the oil and was choking
them to death … I’ve... that haunts me. It will forever, I
guess. There’s no way of avoiding it. It comes back every once
in a while. And I think that was the worst thing I’d ever seen.
I don’t know names.
I know I broke down and cried. I just couldn’t take it.
It was a long time before I could get rid of
the vision of the men lying on the deck.
Every time I’d pass the spot, I’d see them.
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