Marc Sterne
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Kornheiser Show, PTI, The Adam Ferrara Podcast, writer, Bostonian in exile in DC. KFBR392
Sam’s story is amazing for sure, but those pictures are not of him. They are of Simon the Sea Cat, who was aboard the HMS Amethyst - which served in China following WW2. You can read about Simon in my book which you can buy on Amazon
This is Unsinkable Sam aka Oscar, a cat that served with the Kriegsmarine (navy of Nazi Germany) and the Royal Navy (navy of the UK) during WWII. One of World War II’s strangest survival stories belongs to a black-and-white ship’s cat known as “Unsinkable Sam.” The cat was reportedly aboard the German battleship German battleship Bismarck during its first mission in May 1941. When the ship was sunk by Allied forces, more than 2,000 crewmen were lost, only 115 men and one cat survived. The survivors were rescued by the British destroyer HMS Cossack, whose crew adopted the cat and named him Oscar. Months later that ship was torpedoed by a German U-boat, killing 159 sailors, but Oscar survived again. He was transferred to the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, where sailors renamed him “Unsinkable Sam.” Fate struck a third time in November 1941 when Ark Royal was torpedoed and sank. Sam was later found floating on wreckage, wet, furious, but unharmed. After three ship sinkings in a single year, the Navy decided Sam had done enough sea duty. He spent the rest of his life safely ashore in Belfast. A portrait of “Unsinkable Sam” now hangs at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England, commemorating one of the most improbable mascots of World War II. © Reddit #archaeohistories
Said goodbye to my best friend. Gonna be tough not having him curled up on me every night. Our sincerest thanks to everyone who ever asked about Copper or cared about Copper. He was a hoot. So much personality in a little dog. Please love animals as much as you can. RIP Choppy
Prepare to smile from ear to ear 😃 Christmas lunch for the street dogs of Thailand 🥰🙏🎄
