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Show Vernal Officer Takes TakesPart TakesPart TakesPart Part in U- U U-Boat U Boat UBoat - Boat Battle NEW YORK-At YORK At YORK - At least 10 Oer Ger- Ger Oerman German Geman ] - man U-boats U boats - were sunk or dam damaged damaged danaged aged recently in 13 air sea bl'ttles blttles battles bl'ttlesbetween battlesbetween battl battlbetween ' < between U U 8 S Army air forces forcesB foraB , B " ' ' 4 'I I ' bombers patrolling patrol11ng far out outinto outinto 01into into the ocean the AAF"s AAFs AAF's AAP's AAPs ' ' " ant anti anti"ubmllrlnt antiubmarine antubmarinp ubmarinp "ubmllrlnt ubmllrlnt -ubmarine ubmarine " - ' " command announl-oo announl oo annorn'ued annornued announloolast annorn'uedlast announcelast ' - last week weekListed weekListed Listed LLsted as having taken part In inthe 1the n the air-sea air sea - battles was First Lieut LieutThomas LieutThomas LieuThomas t Thomas H Isley Vernal UtahThe iJtatiThe Utah iJtati UtahThe The anti submarine command commandsaid commansaid said , > aid Lleut Lieut Isley s II a crew sighted si hted a afully afully fully surfaced U boat eight miles milesaway milesaway mllf ? s away and Immediately begandescend began to todescend t , descend and attack The submarine submarinewent submarinewent , went into a crash dive and the theconning theconning conning tower had been under t.he the t.hewater thewater . th thwater , water only a few seconds when the theLx tli tx 1 Lx > < mber rnber dropped depth dept.h . charges chargesatop chargesatop charg < atop ItFor itFor It For five minutes n\1nute n 1nute minute-s minute s \ , > - the submarin submarine submarinegushed submarineguched e gushed guched oil 011 the command said saidllld saidmd sal < ind llld md It was obvl obvi obvh < ( us that the cm t'm tm em t'mL'Ision emtasion ' i.s.slon is.slon isslon L'Ision LIsion tasion . ' . of the tl1e oil 011 was not a nazl nazi nazltrick nazitrick na ; trick However lIcwever , no survivors wt're wtre were wereeeri werseen ' pf eeri > n and Intelligence Intel11gpncf > officers offlcers lis Ha listed Hated the U U-boat U boat boat dama dania ted - - as probably lrObabIY ) I ged ? f > ed d but not sunkI sunkThe sunk sunkThe I The anti submarine command commandsaid commandsaid said five submarines were bel\ev bel ev beltev belevI"f beltevrvl \ ' I"fto " pd I"f\ I"f If rvl ' \ to have been sunk and five fivedamaged fivedamaged \ damaged and three were forced forcedndf forcedeider nder eider ndf > r water and thprp thereby thp phy y preented prevented preentedfrom preventedfrom " , from attacking nearby Allied ship shipping shipp1 shi ] p1 ping ng pingNone ngNon5 None Non5 of these battles had been beenreported beenreported be reported previously previoulIly the anti submarine sub- sub submarine sul - - marine command said saidB saidB B 24 24s s a specially equipped ror for ror"ntI fornti ( " - "ntl ntl "ntI ntI -nti " submarine warfare flew new asfir as asfr ( fir f\r f r ' \ as 1000 1 I 000 mile mllps miles ' ! from their home homeba homebaes e ba bases bae-s bae s ' > f > - R to battle the submarinethe submarines submarine/ submarine / ! the thecommand ! 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