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“You don’t get to breathe down here” - Grueling life inside a WWII submarine

The U-boat was not some near-mythical creature as it was almost portrayed by the Allied media, nor even was it a drone built to attack without consciousness. It was a weapon platform manned by people ...
Simple History on MSN

This is how men lived and died - inside U-boats

Life aboard a German U-boat in World War II was brutal, claustrophobic, and deadly. Follow Hans Fischer, a young mechanic turned U-boat crewman, as he endures stifling heat, toxic diesel fumes, no ...
The New York Times

Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors

Officials initially weighed sending survivors of U.S. attacks on boats suspected of drug smuggling to a notorious prison in El Salvador, to keep them away from American courts. Officials initially ...
kristv

Inside the prep for the La Posada Boat Parade

The 52nd annual La Posada Boat Parade is set to illuminate the waters tonight, and this year's Grand Marshal Dale Rankin is already planning his position aboard the lead vessel. Rankin, who has judged ...
Mashed on MSN

From Dinner To Projectile: How Potatoes Helped Sink An Enemy Sub During WWII

Desperate times call for desperate measures. It's why some World War II soldiers may have gotten thrifty with their tactical ...
Seattle Times

Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors

The Pentagon was in a bind. The military had plucked two survivors from the Caribbean Sea in mid-October after striking a boat that U.S. officials said was carrying drugs, and it needed to figure out ...
The New York Times

U.S. Boat Strikes Shift to Pacific, Placing Colombia on Watch

All the strikes in recent weeks have taken place in the Pacific, reflecting Colombia’s role in the drug trade and the feuding between Bogotá and Washington. By Simon Romero Reporting from Bogotá, ...
NBC 6 South Florida

U.S. military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people

The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people as scrutiny over the boat strikes is intensifying in ...
Wall Street Journal

U.S. Strikes Three Alleged Drug Boats, Killing Eight

WSJ’s Shelby Holliday explains how a strike on a drug boat in September grew into a controversy rocking Washington. Photo: Department of Defense The U.S. military said it carried out strikes on three ...
Detroit News

U.S. strikes 3 boats, killing 8 people, in Pacific Ocean

Washington – The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people as scrutiny over the boat strikes is ...
CBS News

U.S. strikes 2 more alleged drug boats in Pacific, bringing total death count to over 100

The U.S. military says it struck two more alleged drug-carrying boats on Thursday, bringing the total death toll from the Trump administration's monthslong campaign to upwards of 100. The latest two ...