My name is Harry Miller (Skinny Miller to my Ex-Mates) of the USS Sunfish SS 281. I served on 4 patrol runs with Captain Shelby and one run with Captain Reed. The 5th run was unusual. Normally it was 4 runs and back to the USA for a newly built sub. I was told there was not enough time to replace me so I did #5. I had been back to the states on a 40-day leave when we lost both scopes to a major iceberg so I was rested. I was R/M 2/c, sound radar and sonar operator. I was on the approach team handling the radar on surface shots, sound and sonar when shooting from below, or during depth change evasion. Also, I produced our newspaper and saw to it that music was piped through the boat and I reinstalled the radio antenna which was shot down during our battle surface on the Sampans.

Boy was it ever cold. I started at that time to appreciate the job the lookouts did and overlooked their complaints and brags about protecting all our butts. The Pharmacist and I were a team under depth charge attack. We were stationed in the after torpedo room where the sonar was located. I reported the location of each depth change to Conning Tower so that the Captain could decide on evasive action while the Pharmacist Mate was responsible for an accurate count. We took as high as 1400 in a given day on one run. After the war I did not have sufficient points for discharge since I was single and wound up senior man aboard. I stayed with Sunfish through 26 December, 1945 in Mare Island. I have the last flag that we flew over her.