My Friend's Grandfather

While I don't have any relatives that fought in World War II, one of my friend's grandfather did. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1944. He was then deployed to the Pacific and served as an officer in the submarines. The reason he was directed to command the submarines was because he could not go on boats because he got sea sick. On the submarine, they torpedoed and sank Japanese supply ships to weaken the Japanese army and navy and to ensure that they did not get any new supplies. He also torpedoed some Japanese warships. He recalled that explosions reverberated throughout the vessel and that people smelled since they were down in the submarine for months at a time. He came back safely 1946.