Director Sam Cox's H-Gram 083 covers the ultimate sacrifice made by Commander Samuel D. Dealey, USN, and all 78 other members of the crew of USS Harder (SS-257,) lost in action off the coast of Luzon, Philippines, on 24 August 1944.
1939 - Capt. Hollis M. Cooley, director of the Naval Research Laboratory, proposes research in atomic energy for future use in nuclear powered submarine.