HellcatsBy: Peter Sasgen A heart stopping true tale of a submarine mission aimed at destroying Japans merchant marine lifeline and ending World War II. By 1945, the U. S. Navy's submarine force in the Pacific had sunk over a thousand enemy cargo ships and tankers supplying the food, weapons, and oil Japan needed to continue to fight. Yet this once mighty merchant fleet continued to thrive in the Sea of Japan, where, protected from American submarines by a