When one reads about the exploits of the World War II-era Gato -class United States Navy submarine, USS Barb (SS-220 ), one almost sits in disbelief that any Navy crew pulled off the kind of missions ...
Shortly after midnight on July 23, 1945, the USS Barb surfaced 950 yards off the shore of Sakhalin, and the eight men, among them Saunders and Hatfield, set out. They had about three hours ...