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...merchant ship would observe the law of the sea and relay a distress signal, thereby revealing her position. As the lifeboats were lowered, machine-gun fire forced the occupants to leap into the sea and swim for a raft. Later the captain said he was sure the raider had launched at least two motorboats because the attack came from three sides. Within half an hour the cargo ship went down. Out of the darkness the raider loomed closer to the spot...
There were signs that the U-boat packs were veering southward to seas teeming with shipping to Africa (see p. 25). Brazil reported a Nazi surface raider off South America and London forecast an immediate increase in submarine attacks in the South Atlantic. The U.S. had a breather in the war against the submarines. It could not yet hail victory...
...Wondered whether the arrival of Tokyo raider, Brigadier General James Doolittle, indicated action over Berlin...
...rickety, old armed U.S. freighter, loosed a parachute flare to illuminate the scene. A contrary wind caught the chute, pushed it back over the sub, shed sufficient light for a carrot-topped Navy gunner on the ship to pound three shells into its conning tower. Survivors insisted that the raider went down with all hands...
...Lethal five-inch guns aboard our 'tin cans' [destroyers] opened up while the raiders still were thousands of yards away. All the time our fighters were darting in & out. One flustered raider unloaded a stick of bombs at least a mile from any objective...