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U. S. Sub CrewClIs Not PooledBy Jap TricksTeSan Diego-/P •• Japanese naval Irirkery 'too obvious to fool us was described by a United States submarine crewman home Saturday nfter a cruise into Japanese waterslhat resulted in the sinking' of three Kippone.se vessels totaling 1 (1,000 tons.Jerome K. Chapman, en route from Honolulu to Cleveland for advanced study, said the cruise was the first for the crew and took the sub into an Island lagoon, just outside Tokyo harbor, whore the men bagged their first victim,We soon caught on to a typical hit of,Tap trickery ns we approached Nipponese territory,’’ he recounted.As we closed in on what appeared to bo a Jap convoy, with all running lights ablaze., we noted that the craft were only flimsy fishing sampans with lights mounted oft poles, high above decks, to simulate large ships.Although they were well screened, V/C spotted a waiting park of Nip destroyers In the bacground, waiting to pounce on United Nations ware raft which might attack the decoy sampans.We spotted a number of those booby-traps during our cruise, but they were loo nlivious tn fool us,Of the first sinking, he related:■'We took our craft into nn Island lagoon, just outside Tokyo Harbor, under rover of darkness, and early next morning, whnt appeared to be the start of a convoy crept out of the basin, across our bows.(See Sub Sinking oil page nine)Clir a dive Locke Satur* neso c The'DaTax fs 5Wlli saving vancc tax clt; was . Satun me mb Comrr Chn 1 the la . some wore Tren leader i Whi :mlt h heldplifyii taxes be hrof ihi bill IsDOO ii total to b $24.nnc (See F
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Kingsport Times
Kingsport, Tennessee, US
Sun, Aug 02, 1942
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