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The US submarine crew that blew up a Japanese train on the home islands

In July 1945, USS Barb carried out one of the strangest special operations of World War II when a shore party from the ...
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How a U.S. Submarine Crew Blew Up a Japanese Train in WWII

Remarkably, the crew of the USS Barb did sink a Japanese train during World War II—though not with torpedoes. In 1945, under Commander Eugene Fluckey, the submarine conducted a daring raid in which a ...