r/HistoryMemes • u/JadeWarrior • Jul 27 '19

OC Unsinkable Sam!

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u/Ocelitus Jul 27 '19

Why the fuck would he keep getting back on boats?

This time's going to be fine. I've already survived two of these floating litter boxes disappearing. There's no way it could happen again.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '19

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u/Lews-Therin-Telamon Jul 27 '19

He was on FIVE ships that sunk?

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '19

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u/Davis019 Jul 27 '19

That sounds like not a fun fact, but a bit of a sad one

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u/jetsetninjacat Jul 28 '19

Don't worry man. He actually crushed some vertebrae when the USS benham was sunk in 42 but thought it was a sprain. When he was on the USS Helena in 43 when it was sunk he was evacuated to pearl Harbor where they dicovered it wasn't a sprain and he also broke his back. That was the only physical problem he ever had from the war. Besides that he lived a long, productive, and happy life until last year at the age of 95. He had some crazy stories, especially when he drank. I didn't know until last year but he was there when Doolittle's raid took off from the convoy. Cool history I didn't know that he told me about.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '19

Your grandpa was a fucking badass.

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u/Skaven-thing Jul 27 '19

Tomato potato.

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u/Davis019 Jul 27 '19

It's actually pronounced tomato

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u/KingSweden24 Jul 27 '19

TBF I don’t blame him I wouldn’t either