The Fascinating Role Potatoes Played During A WWII Submarine Battle - Chowhound

Everett Collection/Shutterstock War has seen its fair share of strange heroes — pigeons carrying messages, dogs detecting mines, and in one unforgettable naval skirmish, a sack of potatoes taking on the Imperial Japanese Navy. It happened in April 1943, in a dark stretch of Pacific water called "The Slot," where the U.S. destroyer USS O'Bannon squared off against a Japanese submarine. When the O'Bannon's radar…