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Podcast: RockneCAST
Episode: Bob Hunt: A Torpedoman in the Pacific War (Episode #60, 5 Oct. 2021)
Description: This episode is about submariner and World War II war hero, Robert Hunt, otherwise known as "Bob" Hunt by those of us who grew up in Decorah, Iowa. Â Bob served as a torpedoman in on the USS Tambor, one of the leading attack submarines of the Pacific War. Â Bob served as a torpedoman on a nearly unheard of 12 submarine missions during the Pacific War.Â
My guest is Dr. Robert Schultz, PhD, former English professor at Luther College and co-author of Bob's biography, "We Were Pirates", about Bob's experiences as a submariner in the Pacific War. Â He currently serv...