Crew members of the USS Omaha pose on board the captured German blockade runner Odenwald in the South Atlantic, November 1941 [Public domain, wiki]
This week in the War, 3–9 November 1941: German blockade runner Odenwald captured by US Navy
This week in the War, 3–9 November 1941: German blockade runner Odenwald captured by US Navy
Crew members of the USS Omaha pose on board the captured German blockade runner Odenwald in the South Atlantic, November 1941 [Public domain, wiki]
My Dad was on the USS Somers. The Navy sent him his “Prize Money” in the 1960″s. It was very little.
How interesting. Your dad had to wait a long time for little reward. Do you remember how much the prize money was?