| FROM Rontini's SUBMARINE
BBS 14 MAY 2000
THE ORIGINAL BBS POSTING from Bud Turner
Ex-MT2(SS) SSBN634 Gold Plank Owner:
In Gene Fluckey's book, "Thunder Below,"
on page 275 he states: "Admiral Lockwood was adamant that submarine operations
not be publicized for at least 60 days afterward. For instance, known losses
of our subs were not listed as 'overdue and presumed lost' until two months
later. Admiral Nimitz understood this. As one of our earliest submariners,
he would never forget the secret briefing at Pearl that went awry and cost
us 10 subs.
A politician had informed the press
that the Japanese were not setting their depth charges deep enough to sink
more of our submarines. A war crime!" |