WWII FALLEN HERO – 2C Torpedo Man Arthur Eugene Smith from Amherst, South Dakota.
Smith volunteered for the submarine division and served aboard USS S-44. On 7 October 1943, S-44 was sunk by the Japanese escort destroyer Ishigaki NNE of Araito Island, east of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Kuriles.
Smith was twenty-one years old when he was listed as Missing in Action that day. His submarine was caught on the surface early in the morning while the batteries were being charged for propeller power, something they did every night so they could stay submerged and/or at periscope depth during the day.
Japanese escort destroyer Ishigaki caught them just at daybreak, before they
submerged for the day, and shot off the bridge and conning tower. Fifteen or twenty men managed to get in the water before the boat sank. The Japanese ship then fired on those men in the water. They took 2 men as prisoners, and it is presumed that no one else survived.
Contributor: DB6654 (48558131)
Smith volunteered for the submarine division and served aboard USS S-44. On 7 October 1943, S-44 was sunk by the Japanese escort destroyer Ishigaki NNE of Araito Island, east of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Kuriles.
Smith was twenty-one years old when he was listed as Missing in Action that day. His submarine was caught on the surface early in the morning while the batteries were being charged for propeller power, something they did every night so they could stay submerged and/or at periscope depth during the day.
Japanese escort destroyer Ishigaki caught them just at daybreak, before they
submerged for the day, and shot off the bridge and conning tower. Fifteen or twenty men managed to get in the water before the boat sank. The Japanese ship then fired on those men in the water. They took 2 men as prisoners, and it is presumed that no one else survived.
Contributor: DB6654 (48558131)
WWII FALLEN HERO – 2C Torpedo Man Arthur Eugene Smith from Amherst, South Dakota.
Smith volunteered for the submarine division and served aboard USS S-44. On 7 October 1943, S-44 was sunk by the Japanese escort destroyer Ishigaki NNE of Araito Island, east of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Kuriles.
Smith was twenty-one years old when he was listed as Missing in Action that day. His submarine was caught on the surface early in the morning while the batteries were being charged for propeller power, something they did every night so they could stay submerged and/or at periscope depth during the day.
Japanese escort destroyer Ishigaki caught them just at daybreak, before they
submerged for the day, and shot off the bridge and conning tower. Fifteen or twenty men managed to get in the water before the boat sank. The Japanese ship then fired on those men in the water. They took 2 men as prisoners, and it is presumed that no one else survived.
Contributor: DB6654 (48558131)
Smith volunteered for the submarine division and served aboard USS S-44. On 7 October 1943, S-44 was sunk by the Japanese escort destroyer Ishigaki NNE of Araito Island, east of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Kuriles.
Smith was twenty-one years old when he was listed as Missing in Action that day. His submarine was caught on the surface early in the morning while the batteries were being charged for propeller power, something they did every night so they could stay submerged and/or at periscope depth during the day.
Japanese escort destroyer Ishigaki caught them just at daybreak, before they
submerged for the day, and shot off the bridge and conning tower. Fifteen or twenty men managed to get in the water before the boat sank. The Japanese ship then fired on those men in the water. They took 2 men as prisoners, and it is presumed that no one else survived.
Contributor: DB6654 (48558131)
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Entered the service from South Dakota.
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