BRAVE SAILOR’S FEAT
(Special Australian Correspondent—N.Z.P.A.) Recd. 6 p.m. Sydney, Aug. 27. A sailor from an Allied submarine in the central Pacific dived 20 times into shark-infested waters to free a torpedo tube which had become fouled by a drifting free. Because of the danger from sharks and poisonous water snakes Its wore a camouflage dress of brown, even to his toes. By the time he had freed the tube his hands were badly cut by barnacles. The tree caught in the outer door of the torpedo tube and prevented it from closing. This meant that torpedoes could not be fired. The work of freeing the tube took 45 minutes, during which time there was always a chance that the submarine might be forced to dive and leave the brave volunteer to his fate.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 204, 30 August 1943, Page 5
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