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August 29, 1941.

By Ernie Bushmiller

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Battle Of Atlantic Is A Foul Business But Navy Holds Aces

Once a U-boat has been truly "spotted" by our convoy escorts of Atlantic fighting-ships, he would be a brave man who laid longer odds than 2 to 1 about its chances of escape. In fact, those hard-bitten sub- marine smashers who have been my shipmates during the past few weeks would laugh at you if you voiced the opinion that a "found" U-boat had better than one chance in five of getting away.

"Yes

That is the heartening news || Suddenly, there was a ring-buzzjsea death which were to be ladled

a handy 'phone. The offer out to Hitler's "terror feet," I bring you from far out in the on

apologised for breaking off our talk "Any moment now," shouted Atlantic after a trip there in at took the receiver."

someone into my ear. And as be a British destroyer, writes a

A few moments of yes Thanks, Wellspoke we fred. "News of the World" reporter. see to them! I heard him say. He quiet; then the night smashed into

replaced, the phone and turned to depth charges exploded.

milling tumult of sound as I must not give Beures; but myne with a smile like the dawn of destroyer and our "pals" the" eor-day. vettes brought safely into this coun

try nearly 100 heavily laden mer- "You're going to have Fitn after chant ships-blg ones at fat-from all. A bunch of U-boots are con- the other side of the ocean.

(verging on the canvoy!" he said.

Out To Destroy

our

Not a second to waste

More depth charges heaved into position Out they went.. A boiling One hundred ships, or thereabouts,; Just Unt. "A bunch of U-boats," sea which scolhed and writhed like Eerle Boating and not one lost. Thousands of tons Hew and from what source the in- living thing of vital material for our war show, formation reached us I cannot, mustures tossed bleakly on the waves and every ounce safely home. not, say, But within the space of to mark where the charges had been

few deep breaths our destroyer was dropped.

Have you ever celebrated a great full speed ahead, streaming her occasion with cups of cocoa? have. And this is why.

Somewhere beneath the Inshing

I wake across the ocean as we ruced waves lay the nest of U-boats. "De-

to meet the menace.

stroy or be destroyed" was our We were out lo pennant that night. 128,

destroy.

and

It was neur sundown when the Darkness enveloped affale started. The shadows were throughout the entire ship there was lengthening across the wild waves, a bubbly feeling of excitement-a and we were hundreds of miles from sense of stirring things to come, fand.

Stand-by Depth Charges

I groped my way dangerously

It was dawn when we finished, My teeth were chattering with the cold and the reaction of the exclte- ment.

Was DA the bridge with our "asdic” offleer. His job is the spol- ting of U-boats. Not so long ago he from the bridge in the dark, and across the ocean, we returned to the With our wake enrving chalklines played cricket for Oxford and covered the sea-lashed deck until I Hampshire

Not so long ago. reached the shelter of the quarter been baltiing its way homewards convoy which, all this time, bad deck, with its sinister-looking loads His life now is very different. of depth charges and its group of under the watchful cyes of the But the Navy still has that typically eager men, telling stories and grin- escort we had left with ́ít. · English "cricket outlook" on fo.ning widely, half from the jokes Some things are just not done. And and half from the tension of the streaks of day slashing the darkened It is that sense things which are moment.

"not cricket," which gives the Navy

its bitter loathing of U-boats.

the back methods of Hitler's under-

And it was then, with the first

sky, that I drank steaming hot cocoa lo celebrate the night that had gone.

Suddenly, the destroyer made a Champagne in a Mayfair restaurant swing: her masts almost could not have tasted as

WHAT HEAT

RNIE BUSHMILLER,

JULY-10

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The ancaking up and stabine in touching the wave-tops in the surge thut dilek, hot draft on Brand Promise To Building Trades

angle. And os cup on the quarter-deck. sen pirates rub the Navy the wrong suddenly, the beat-beat of our high- way. And it la not prudent to make powered engines ceased,, the Navy angry.

"Bunch" Converging

The Battle of the Atlantic is a There in the darkness we lay for real, vivid, and foul business; but a while. Silent, listening, watchful. Speaking as one who has been in a Then an order cracked out. "Stand bit of it, I will say this: The Navy

And if you've holds the aces.

As I was saying. I was standing by depth charges." chatting with our "asdle" officer. never seen men happy at their jobs, Hitler can form at the mouth Around us plodded the weighed you should have been with me. about his U-boats and the destruc- down merchantmen. supreme In Those troops of ours in the Navy tion. he hopes they will wreais, but their indifference to everything that the saltors are alt called troops I would not ke to be in the boots smelt of Boche. They have the laughed aloud in their delight as of any one of his submarine men in most complete faith in the Navy, they manned the canisters of deep- the Atlantic.

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