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literature -- files of the War College between wars, that the Negroes are so imaginative that you can't trust them to make accurate reports.
COMMANDER PURDON: Well, I had such a good -- for instance, on accurate reports, I had such a good storekeeper aboard -- I had two college graduates on the ship in the enlisted course, and he was one of them, and he was such a good storekeeper that we were the most popular ship in the Surface Escort Group in New York, because we were able to get everything, and we'd also help the other ships in getting things they wanted; and as far as reports were concerned, we were all right.
MR. FAHY: Did you have any hazardous experiences?
COMMANDER PURDON: Yes, sir, I think we did.
MR. FAHY: Above the ordinary sea work? Were you in contact with the enemy?
COMMANDER PURDON: Yes, sir, we were once -- we know there was a submarine there, because he was seen and later killed by a group of other ships -- when we were escorting this convoy; and there were other times when we were positive and are positive now that we had contact with an enemy submarine; but, of course, the policy of the Navy in those cases was -- and quite rightly so -- that you didn't kill a submarine unless you brought the skipper back. But we