From Dec. 10th Charleston (SC) Post and Courier. "SC monument honors submariners for sacrifice during World War II" by Brian Hicks.
Robert Coley. 86, couldn't believe the hundreds of planes swarming over the mountain and seemingly headed right for him on that fateful day. He had only been at Pearl Harbor a few weeks and was on the submarine tender USS Pelias. When the bombs started falling, he wondered how "a country boy right off the farm" had gotten into such a mess.
The Japanese were more interested in the battleships, not his submarines.
This past December 7th, he and six other submariners gathered for the unveiling of the World War II Submarine Memorial at Patriot's Point in Charleston Harbor. It is a tribute to the more than 3,000 submariners who lost their lives on the 52 US subs sunk in that conflict.
These valiant crews sank 5,200,000 tons of Japanese shipping and cut off vital supply lines of the enemy.
This project was hosted by the Swamp Fox Chapter of World War II Veterans.
The Greatest Generation. --Cooter
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