The Grunion was on its first war patrol in the Aleutians as part of the American counter-offensive to the Japanese invasion of Kiska and Attu Islands in 1942. The sub sank two patrol boats and ...

-- It wasn't the fear of loss that continued to plague the families of sailors who never returned home from the Pacific in 1942. In the more than 66 years since the USS Grunion, a World War II ...

Sue Strobel has grieved six decades for a man she never met. She clutches a picture of a young sailor. He has a hopeful, crooked smile, and his eyes glint with the ambition and curiosity of an ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - A ceremony honoring 70 sailors lost aboard the submarine USS Grunion during World War II was held today on the 76 th anniversary of its sinking, at the USS Cod Submarine Memorial.

$24.95; Regnery History, 256 pp. The fate of the USS Grunion is a mystery. The U.S. Navy officially classified the submarine as lost during World War II, but makes no claims about what might have ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – “My uncle was my mother’s brother. His name is William H. Cuthbertson Jr.” Phyllis Howell was a young girl when her uncle died aboard the USS Grunion on July 30, 1942. She and her ...