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that one should be the Laconia indicent.

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Yes, you're so smart. Doesn't change the fact that the picture does nothing but distract from an otherwise excellent drawing.

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it was the tragedy connected to Laconia: she was carrying several Italian and German POWs from Egypt to UK and she was torpedoed by U156.
When was visible the number of persons to rescue the Commander sent a clear SOS and a white flag with red cross was shown on the deck.
The American airplanes from Ascension Island made first a recognition and the was ordered a bombing...
The U156 submerged slowly to give those still on the deck a chance to get into the water and escape...
Unaware of the attack, U-507, U-506 and the Italian submarine Cappellini arrived later and rescued few survivors...

After this comes the so called Laconia Order from Doenitz, which lead to his prosecution in Nuremberg Trial...

recently appeared a tv movie on this tragedy. I have he honor to know the last surviving man of Cappellini's crew: he commented that what shown in this movie is very very far from the real orrible situation that he has still in his eyes...

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I had not heard of Commander Salvatore Todaro before, but it sounds like he deserves recognition. This SB work is certainly a fitting tribute.

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It does go to show, that with exeptions (and I'm afraid it was the IJN in WWII), most sailors shared more empathy than was common in other arms of the military. I just finished reading a book on the 'Ark', and one of the surviving Swordfish pilots was still having bad dreams in old age after flying over the capsizing Bismark and seeing the poor sod's clinging to the hull. Back on board the Ark Royal there was definately no celebration.

Great drawing! Did Todaro survive the war?

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no, he died in december 1942, at that time he no more served as a submarine commander and was a member of the "decima MAS", his boat was attacked and stafed by a british spitfire, a shrapnel hits him in the head, killing him.

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He left on Dec. 15, 1942. He is buried in Livorno... I was there with a group of friends.

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... And since Fifties ( few years after the end of ww2) there are periodical meeting of submarine crews.

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