Mrs. Hutchinson's Son
from The Dave Bowman Show
In September of 1942 the submarine USS Sargo left Fremantle on her fifth war patrol, a mission that would take her deep into enemy waters of the South China Sea. For nearly a month she stalked empty horizons, her crew wrestling with leaking exhaust valves and the constant threat of discovery. Then came September 25, when Sargo fired at a Japanese freighter and nearly paid with her own life when one torpedo turned in a deadly circle. The target was finished with gunfire, but the victory was followed by twenty two hours of depth charge attacks that tested every man aboard. Back in Ava, Missouri, Fireman Second Class E. E. Hutchinson’s mother worried whether her son was even receiving the hometown newspapers she faithfully sent. In time she learned he was, and that he was glad to get them. This is the story of USS Sargo’s fifth patrol.
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