George
Bush
I thought
being rescued by the submarine was the end of my problem. I didn’t realize that
I would have to spend the duration of the sub’s 30 remaining days on board.
I’ll
never forget the beauty of the Pacific … the flying fish, the stark wonder of
the sea, the waves breaking across the bow.
I
thought I was scared at times flying into combat, but in a submarine you
couldn’t do anything, except sit there. The submariners were saying that it
must be scary to be shot at by antiaircraft fire and I was saying to myself,
‘Listen brother, it is not really as bad as what you go through.’ The tension,
adrenaline and the fear factor were about the same (getting shot at by
antiaircraft fire as opposed to being depth charged).
When
we were getting depth charged, the submariners did not seem overly concerned,
but the other pilots and I didn’t like it a bit. There was a certain helpless
feeling when the depth charges went off that I didn’t experience when flying my
plane against AA.
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