Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-10
YOUNG RADIO OPERATOR
DESCRIBES "SUB" ATTACK
Shelled for -Four Hours, Remington Answers Never to
Don't Surrender!" Appeal From American
Destroyer Rushing to Rescue

them OF but IS ran down AFT heard
Happy cursiu;: the German for a quit
ter, and between his double barrcicd
word shooting. explaining that the sub
was pulling just out Of range, where
he would begin again with his five
. inchcrS
Begin again they did. forgot to
toll YOU that the sub had come up from
port and was lying off jus, abaft amid.
ship on our *tarbotrd side. Didn't dars
To get close enough - take IL chance
on iorpcdonS us. Sow estimated
tha, She was between four and five
, miles away
What are YOU going To do |
asked Iiappy' as he sped by to hurry
up the ammunition from the aft hold.
~ can't hit him Happy pantcd
between hrcaih*, hut can keep him
Whcrc he is. Then he turned and
loo~ed around al the aft uun.
What's the mattcr?' he hnwlcd at
. pcrSpirinc. dirt -hcSriincd gunner.
She's busted on the furlicth shot
/ said the gunner.
Happy had no comment 10 make
. for Il second. Then he fairly screamed ::
All hands man the forward gun
/ Il can't begin t" toll YOU Of tho OK
element OF tho whole thing" said
| young bennington. lis blue eyes Glis-
! tcninE with "reminiscences. Nobody
was IN in the air: We were doing
:
well. hut We were all pins and needles.
/ If that expression describes our feel
| inGS.
NERNN HEI.MSMAN STICKS
TO POST ALI. THROUGH FIGHT
. What stcadi"d mo most Of all was
the sight OF the Swcd" hclmsman away
up in the exposed pil"thUUsc. / take
OF my hat :" that lad. His hands
were glued 10 tho wheel. and he cd
there as cool as cucumber. Not once
III tn" Who'll" four hours d'd he change
expression. and the piluthouSc WAS
. literally riddlcd with Shrapncl.
An hour had gone by in something
like what seemed to me only fifteen
minutes. No, for minute had the
C-hcat ceased firing. But even
though she wasn't hitting us We were
( get ing pcrpcrcd 10 death with the
shrapncl as i, burst overhead
one Of these raised merry Ned with
tho antcnnac "f the wireless. and kin
came hoppln;; on; ~ tho radio room
/ looking for some one To - aloft and
+ make repairs. II wa. q case of shiny
Ing up the smokcstack. reaching out
Tor tho hrukcn wires ana rcnairinS
them with a leg hold Tor Your only
Support--a job for q seaman.
Mind YOU. all the Willie shells we're
bursting at tho rate OF two a minute
or more. Mott Il was simply aiming
shrapucl. Smoke was pouring out OF
Y
Sroancd ont her eleven knots. and
while il was bad enough on deck. il
WAS simply liadcs MP there.
MAN WHO REPAIRED
Unoki:N WIRE 4 HE:AL HERO
Z wish could remember tho name
Of The man who did 20 up. for IL, was
a regular hero. He climbed ,lp 10 the
ani"mnac rs though tho Lu.kcnbach
were at dock over there in the Mystic,
hiFcr-w"u; up with just an Aye. aye.
sir. Ia the Skipper.
~ shell whzzcd Ivy his very hand
as n" r"ach"d out to grasp the last
strand OF broken wire but the lad
never turned - hair. Ills hand kcut
reaching out and fumblinE for il with
out seconds lost notion And he
came down and went about his husi-
ness as though he had done un,hiuv
"Ntraprdinary. If he ho- Dui ina-
stunt over on u ha,tlcship he'd have
won n medal
Then the Hun cot u* twice right
al The water linz. almost directly under
the forward gun. :" tho skippcr
jumped gang down to plug tho holes
Up with cotton
l:y this time thH gun crew were
d"Hd tired from loading and iirm; so
RAPIDLY and from The long juunt to
tn" ammunition hold. /; took - man
iHIiN three minutes 10 get from ,hs
hold I" the forward sun. all the Will.
climbing and dUckinG. with Il heavy
>h"li on his shoulder as he made his
way down the fun length cf Tho shin
49,, h'' was 10 escaping the sub.
men Sh" nrSt Got us tho skipper kept
S"'P stern 10 Rcr. nut when tho
S"" t"!i"" II" was forced 10 bring
h"r hr"adsid" :s'o'nJ. So that the for
""r" gun might get into the game.
was 'h"h ihat We dropped til"
Sm""' boxes INTO the water. They
iEnltoh ON contact with the water. ar:d
'"l lew minutes "" were out Of
7"' W 'i' sun hui she iinallE cot
w r""'," th' smoke ana resumed firing.
"'"nrt' som" more. but when ;hc
N.nu NnipPo" the smoke back III The
sumner aces W" had /" give II UP.
JUS anon, S:l' KIN came bouncing
''' I""!o room again. :milin" as
= ne VIZ "as over. lass the
MI" "iohS ne tod me, I've Just