There was no internet when I originally painted this book. It wasn’t that hard to find photographs of German subs, but it was strangely difficult to find illustrations of American submarines. The ladies at the Naval Museum of the Pacific, in Bremerton, Washington, were very helpful, digging up old photographs of American subs. Ta, ladies!
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Best. Placement. Of. An. Object. Ever!
I totally agree with TeriG!
Brings to mind the traditional U-bootwaffe “It’s a boy!” birth announcement. “A small sailor with periscope…”
That reminds me of incidents in the war-books of Spike Milligan. Naughty sailors, floating on their backs….
Terry Smith has sent an interesting link about Rommel’s Afrika Korps driver: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/rudolf-schneider-i-was-rommels-driver-1706924.html