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What Japanese commander would date mention that he was blindsided by such an insignificant craft?

I had the honour of knowing Mr Parsons. He spoke to me not only of his experiences described above but also witnessing HMS Hoods destruction (he served in POWs gun director), the sinking of POW and his dreadful time as a "quest of the Emporor". Very hard man, a very honourable man. I was given no reason to ever doubt his narrative.

Reminds me of the slow ferries that I used to ride between Hong Kong and Macau.

This would be a MAJOR Slap in the face, just think an old riverboat doing that much damage. This would be prime "COVER UP".

The Japanese did not even acknowledge the sinking of the four carriers at Midway or many other ships that are clearly documented to have been sunk.

Fact. A little bit of a ship takes on a fleet.....

Quite possible the Japanese where to ashamed to enter losing valuable ships in the logs ,another ship the Omaha I think part of the supply ships for Gibraltar in a convoy of many only a few made to port it was a fueler full of aviation fuel desperately needed for the spitfires was bombed ,strafed even hit by a plane crashing made it to port sank at dock fuel was pumped out next day heroic effort by English sailors

A case of finding and diving on POW and the possible ship that sunk from the ramming to end the or confirm the rumors and stories .

Great story! I read this years ago. Thanks HH!

Rambo number? John and his Colonel are on foot and facing the whole Russian army. The Colonel says: "What do you want to do." Rambo says: Well, surrounding them's out. Attack.

"Semper-Fi"

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Sand Pebbles?

American, British, and Commonwealth sailors were absolutely fearless during the Second World War. It was not uncommon for them to fight long odds against superior Japanese and German forces.

Amazes me how anyone would actually expect the Japanese to make a log of a tiny riverboat attacking a fleet with a light cruiser and destroyers. Managing to sink a transporter and set another ablaze. Yeah, that sounds exactly like what the honor obsessed Japanese would do. Why would those men risk their reputations and more importantly the reputations of the brave men that gave their lives in that fight. Of course there is going to be diffences in their stories. 1 they were in direct combat and fighting for their lives. 2. They told their story 4 years after it happened. Do those non-believers think the survivors sat around their raft inventing the story? Retelling it over and over until they could recite every word? I'm sorry but several men died and the survivors spent years being tortured in a Japanese POW camp. That part of their story is above reproach and they deserve the benefit of the doubt on the rest. Those internet pundits whose total military experience amounts to online video games should be ashamed of themselves for attacking their story without a shred of evidence to back it up. Those fools annoy the hell out of me. Instead of providing proof they are correct they attack a story like that and then expect others to accept their opinions as fact and prove them wrong with proof. That's nothing more than another example of an uneducated fool thinking he is the smartest person in the room. When in actuality they are the opposite.

"This is HMS Repulse! We call her HMS Unsinkable!" "You stupid --! NO SHIP EVER BUILT IS UNSINKABLE! *REMEMBER THE TITANIC!"*

Officers should not be awarded the Victoria Cross for unit based operations only for personal actions.

New narrator?

Bud I really hate to say it, but that ship is definitely fugly.

why are you stealing frames from yarnhubs animation on this specific event. Edit: thank you for crediting them and I apologize for the misunderstanding