On July 29, 1946, Portland’s Sunday Oregonian ran a proud headline: “Portland Submarine Officer Home from Pacific”. The article spotlighted Commander Robert F. Sellars, fresh from his command of USS Blackfish, returning to Oregon on a brief leave. He had completed four Pacific patrols after earlier duty in the Aleutians and the Atlantic. The piece offered readers a clean, clipped summary of Sellars’ wartime service. What it could not capture was the depth of experience behind his quiet return.