She slipped away from Midway on May 28, 1944, her steel hull slicing through the Pacific with quiet determination. Her crew, 82 strong, knew their mission and accepted the risks. They had trained, bonded, and believed in the purpose that had brought them to this point. The boat was USS Golet, SS-361, a Gato-class submarine barely six months into her career. No one who waved her off that day could know they were saying goodbye forever.