CAN YOU SWALLOW THE TALE OF JONAH & the WHALE? - David Jon Hill - September 1976

David Jon Hill

Jonah ben Dov stifled a shudder that didn't come from the February freshet that drenched him with icy follow wetness. It was the early spring of 1960, and he was standing on a concrete pier on the north-east coast of the United States. What made Jonah shudder was the thought going through his mind as he contemplated being swallowed by the huge steel fish lying low in the water in front of him. "Swallowed" was the only way he could describe his feeling as he measured with his eye the 447 feet of menacing metal. Five thousand nine hundred tons of tin fish! "Swallowed" was the only way he could describe his feelings as he remembered his namesake of long ago - three days and three nights, that wasn't long to be under water, but three months of days and nights, or more? Well, at least he wouldn't be alone. He was only one of a hand-picked crew of well over a hundred men chosen to navigate the USS Triton atomic submarine around the world. Underwater! - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library