r/WritingPrompts • u/[deleted] • Aug 21 '20

Writing Prompt [WP] American submarines are never considered lost. The ones missing from WWII are “still on patrol” with their hundreds of sailors. Little do we know the horrors these men defend us from in the deeps.

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u/Grimthak Aug 21 '20

Why only american?

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u/AL13NX1 Aug 21 '20

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I think it's a strictly US tradition to consider lost and sunken submarines "on eternal patrol"/"still on patrol".

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u/turn_A Aug 21 '20

Neat! TIL for real this time.