OCR Text |
Show NORTH COUNTY NEWSPAPERS Thursday, August 16, 2007 Obituary Submarine attack a near disaster Editor's note: This the fifth article in a series about Lynn Gray, of Alpine, who served in the Navy during World War 11. This week Gray describes what it's like to be in a submarine attacked by the enemy. ' ?wr,-'r'"s. -iff ans Doris Lewis Card of Thanks Page 16 veier hi; family uf I Jons O Mites lew is wishes to offer their sincere sin-cere thinks and apprei iation for the aid and sympathy of all their fru-nds ami I neighbors in the recent death and funeral of their daughter, sister, friend, Mother, LOCAL Thanks for help The Utah Timp Valley Company Com-pany of The Daughters of Utah 1'iotieers would like to take this opixirtunily to thank all those who have heled in the restoration restora-tion of the museum and relic-hall relic-hall in Robinson Park. We would like to thank the city crews who stopped the How of water to the museum and moved the display cases to prevent further water damage. dam-age. As news of the flood reached the community, many people offered their help. Joel Petersen Painting power washed t he museum and gave it a fresh coat of paint. This was at no charge. Advanced Window Tinting placed film on the windows at their cost. wife, stepmother, grandmother and great grandmother. For the many kind acts, for those who took part in the services, servic-es, for the lovely floral offerings, and to those who helped in any way, we are truly grateful. Lynn Jepson made a new museum sign at cost. An anonymous anon-ymous donor gave $1,000 to help with the plumbing repairs and the Office of Museum Services gave a $1,000 grant. Again, accept our thanks. Thanks also to the Daughters in American Fork who made items for a sale which was held at the DUP Museum Open I louse on July 13 as part of the Steel Days celebration. They made pioneer bonnets, pioneer dolls, button spinners, aprons, etc. I lomemade bread and pioneer pio-neer honey taffy were also sold. Sale of these items has brought in almost $7(X) dollars. Gunthers, together with the Utah Homo Builders Association, Associa-tion, will replace the ancient furnace in the building. Again, thank you. I Karen Adams, President Utah Timp Valley Company, Com-pany, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers ien we were ' operating in the Formosa Straits, we sighted a Japanese convoy of seven ships. Our wolf pack commander, on our sister submarine the USS Redfish, ordered our ship, the Shad, to make the first run on the convoy. Battle station was sounded, and each crew member mem-ber reported to his assigned station. My station was in the conning tower, where several officers were setting up their firing data on the plotting table. As this was proceeding, the torpedo room reported that the forward torpedoes were ready, and one of them made a hot run. This means that the motor of one of the torpedoes was running inside the torpedo torpe-do tube before the outer door was opened. This resulted in the armed torpedo moving and hitting the outer door, trying try-ing to force itself out the door. This was almost a disaster, but we continued our attack. Then there was a miscom-munication, miscom-munication, and the man in the torpedo room thought he had been told "fire one, fire two, fire three." He pushed Real Estate ui x Presented by Mike and Julie Pierce I he most common type oflisting agreement, know as "the exclusive right to sell," is also likely to be the most ellective. It entitles the listing agent to a commission regardless of who sells the property. If another agent comes up with a buyer, he or she splits the commission with the listing broker. As far as the seller is concerned, this type of agreement assures that the agent (who is guaranteed a commission) will make a diligent effort on his or her behalf to find a buyer. l ull service of this type involves analysisresearch, advertisingmarketing, displaying, counseling, and negotiating. The reward for both seller and agent is a sale within a reasonable period at the best possible price. SOLD ON THE IDEA "Home is where the heart is, but happiness is where your friends are." Here at UTAH VALLEY REAL ESTATE ES-TATE you will find a friend. Browse our website to catch a glimpse of what we have to offer. Our page is full of useful help: tips for buyers, and tips for sellers, sell-ers, information on the local schools, and information on the community and our business partners. Most importantly - there will be information about your home. Please contact us at 801-830-9292 so we can see you living your dream. Now is a good time to buy and we can make it happen for you. Located at 315 South 5D0 East, American Fork, where we want to become "Your Realtor" for Life." Prudential Utah Reaf Fstaln ts3 www.utahvalleyredestate.com There are certain medical procedures you want someone experienced to handle. Anything remotely associated with your hearty for example. hen it comes to your heart, yon don't want to take chances. That's why it's important to know that phyMt-ians perform more heart procedure at Intermountain Healthcare hospitals than all other Utah hospitals combined. Thai experience helps us understand heart conditions in all their variations. - Skr ) m0' Better heart tnlim'togy Irad in a frfttrr cruruc uf getting back to living life. It leads to expertise in providing the most advanced treatment plans and better care options. And as Utah's cardiac care leader, we're committed to the best in research and the most effective technology. All of which means better clinical outcomes and faster recovery for our heart patients. ' 4. V Intermountain Heart 8c Vascular Services Utah Valley Regional Medical Center II" HOPITl Mi KAY-DEE HOSPITAL CENTER MIKAIY CHILDREN' MEDICAL tlNItl DIXIE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER the manual firing mechanism on each of the three torpedo tubes, and naturally all three torpedoes fired before they were ready. The captain came down immediately, surveyed the dire circumstances, and we made a crash dive. A Japanese destroyer, now 800 yards away, saw or heard the torpedoes and turned on us as fast as he could come. Our crash dive was barely in time to avoid a hard ram, which would probably have sunk the Shad. , As the destroyer passed over us, it dropped several depth charges that almost shook our teeth out. This happened hap-pened at midnight, and we were depth-charged periodically periodi-cally from then until eight the next night. We tried twice to come up and get away, but it was impossible to outrun the destroyer, de-stroyer, so we played cat and mouse. He would go a little distance away, get a ping on our location, and return and drop depth charges on us. We surveyed the damages: our radar didn't work, there was cork off some of the bulkheads, bulk-heads, and Light bulbs were broken. These we put in order, and then headed for a dry dock in Saipan. Our failed torpedo tor-pedo was still in the tube, but we were lucky to go through a depth charge attack without it setting off. We found out later that our sister ships had sunk all of the convoy while we were taking a beating. The Redfish had reported that the Japanese destroyer and our Shad radar pips had run together, so we were reported as probably sunk from being rammed. While we were in Saipan, the Shad was "degaussed," to rid ourselves of magnetic fields caused by friction in the water. On February 24, 1945, as we were doing routine searching search-ing for the enemy, a Japanese plane found us on his radar and made a run on us. We made a crash dive to avoid being be-ing hit by the bombs. But the hatch wouldn't seat, and water started rushing in. P. J. Rice, a very strong crewman, went up the ladder and after two efforts ef-forts was able to turn the dogs back so the hatch would seat or none of us would have survived to tell about it. The conning tower took on several feet of water and would have taken more if someone hadn't opened the periscope drain. There was enough water in the pump room to short out all the motors mo-tors there. With the added water, the Shad went down at an angle of about 30 degrees, then leveled lev-eled off at 450 feet. But the maximum depth of the Shad was 300 feet, so we were all expecting the sides of the submarine sub-marine to cave in at any moment. mo-ment. Serey, chief of the ship, said, "Well, it looks like this is it, fellas." I had a great feeling of peace come over me, filling my entire body, with a knowledge knowl-edge that all would be well. I remember saying to the other fellows that we couldn't have a finer burial than in an expensive expen-sive casket like the Shad. For some reason, they didn't appreciate ap-preciate my humor. Next Week: There are dangers dan-gers other than the enemy in submarine warfare. Some veterans may wish, on their own, to tape or digital record their memories of military service. These will be transcribed and archived. For instructions on how to do this, e-mail Don Norton, at donnortonbyu.edu. 1 HI R If Ft iTTriVa Miii mil Looking for a close convenient place to turn your scrap into cash. We buy all types of Metals, Steel, Autos, Appliances, Aluminum, Aluminum Cans, er, Brass, Radiators, Stainless, Batteries. We offer Competitive Prices, Fast Friendly Service, and a True Commitment to our Customers, Stop by and Give Us ATry! ma in i 550 North Geneva Road Orem ((301)225-0001) to American Fork Internal Medicine Dr. Jason M. Huddleston is a graduate from the University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Huddleston then completed his residency at University of Missouri, Kansas City in Internal Medicine. Dr. Huddleston provides patient care in: diabetes hypertension hypercholesterol preventive health general adult medical illnesses & conditions 1 iOv. tvXifon is now accepting new patients 1 1 75 East 50 South, Suite 241 American Fork, Ut 84003 Main Number 801 .492.5999 ! Central Utah Clinic, Your Health,Your Choke." ' Utah County News www.lieraldexto.com ij |