Kimmel's naval family included Thomas C. Kinkaid and Kimmel's son, Manning Marius Kimmel. The younger Kimmel commanded a U.S. submarine aggressively and was acting on high-level intelligence while attempting to attack an enemy battleship. After his submarine struck a mine, he appears to have survived the sinking only to be captured by Japanese forces. Available evidence suggests that he and other prisoners were later killed, making this a grim watch point about submarine risk, intelligence-led patrols, and the human cost borne by Kimmel's family during the Pacific War.
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Manning Kimmel's aggressive submarine patrol
The wartime fate of Kimmel's son, submarine officer Manning Marius Kimmel, illustrates the operational aggression associated with the family.