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What do the Veterans think about SHARKHUNTERS?

The Veterans of the U-Bootwaffe consider SHARKHUNTERS
to be the official publication of U-Boat history!

Take a moment to read what just a few of them have to say about the pride they have in Sharkhunters.

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Just 21 years of age, Knights Cross winner Oberleutnant zur See (d.R.) Hans-Georg Hess (Member since 1985) was the youngest combat submarine Skipper of any navy in WW II and possibly of all time.  He writes:
  
"The KTB of our President and my friend Harry Cooper has a high standard - from the very beginning now with more than 160 issues, the quality surfaces in historic views, fairness and chivalry.  Who today remembers in Germany the dead former U-Bootfahrer or other brave soldiers?  Harry does it - for example, in the recent death of Jürgen Wattenberg and before of 'Ali' Cremer?  The remembrances in the 'President's Corner' are always grand and go straight to the heart - recently on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, today about the stupid destruction and defamation of history just by the Germans (or as we say better - the German politicians and history writers).
      Harry, we say to you what Prussian King Friederich the Great said in Latin - Semper Talis!  Always forward!"

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          These veterans are not affiliated with any other history group and
            they do not lend their support to any others outside of Germany.
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Horst Bredow is the founder and Chief of the U-Boot-Archiv in Germany, the greatest archive in the world on the history of the U-Boats.  Horst has been a Member since 1983, and he said:
"Only this Archive and Sharkhunters tell the true history of the U-Bootwaffe.  The others are all nonsense-makers."
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President Ronald Reagan, Member since 1991, wrote:

 

"Regards and admiration to organizations like SHARKHUNTERS who preserve American history."
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Winner of the Knights Cross, Oak Leaf & Crossed Swords Flotillen Admiral Otto Kretschmer was a Member from 1985 until his death, and he wrote:

  

"Many thanks for my Membership.  Be sure that my best wishes for your health and happiness are on their way across the Atlantic with the velocity of light."
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Rear Admiral Gene Fluckey, Skipper of USS BARB and with the Medal of Honor, 4 Navy Crosses and many other decorations is the most highly decorated American submariner ever in history.  Member since 1992, he wrote:

            

"I find SHARKHUNTERS interesting.  Let's get submarining back to what it truly is - teamwork, persistence and determination.  Keep up the good work, and God bless you."
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National Archives of the United States has been in Membership since 1983.  They write:
"Your publication must require a lot of work, but I am impressed with the amount of news and the number of features."
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Captain 'Hai' Maßmann, Skipper of U-137 & U-409, Member since 1995 and he writes:

                                

"I appreciate very much to be part of this fine group which pays such a unique tribute to the gallant, brave encounters of submariners of both sides so unpretentiously.  The KTB Magazine makes it a principal to be fair, impartial and objective.  And even more - does not refrain to touch taboos.  Bravo!"
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Captain Joe Enright, Skipper of USS ARCHER-FISH, winner of the Navy Cross, sank the 65,000 ton Japanese aircraft carrier SHINANO.  He was a Member from 1992 until his death.  He wrote:

                             


"I have enjoyed reading my KTB Magazines each month and find several familiar names."
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Winner of the Knights Cross with Oak Leaf, Skipper of U-68, Karl-Friederich Merten was a Member from 1984 until his death, and he wrote:

                          

           "Regards and Admiration."
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Vice Admiral Komorav was Deputy Chief of the Soviet Navy, Member from 1991.  He wrote:
"The Soviet Navy greatly appreciates your efforts to expand friendly contact between military men from different countries."
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Erich Gimpel was a German agent put ashore on the Maine coast in 1944, and has been a Member since 1988.

                            

"Thanks to SHARKHUNTERS, I enjoyed eight marvelous days in Chicago.  I am sure everyone loved it."
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Helmut Rathke, Skipper of U-352 was a Member from 1985 and he wrote:

                                  

"Many thanks for my Membership.  Reading the KTB I feel to be in the midst of you."
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Horst Haslau, radioman on U-1230 when they put two agents ashore in Maine in 1944 was a Member from 1987, and he wrote:
"I am amazed at how much authentic material about German submarines you have collected & catalogued.  The KTB Magazines arrive here like clockwork and keep me well informed about past, present & future.  SHARKHUNTERS is doing a terrific job ferreting out old stories and coming up with a great mix of topics.  Many thanks."
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Rear Admiral Max Justo Guedes has been a Member since 1986, and he writes:
"In the name of the General Documentation Service of the Brazilian Navy and in my own name, we are pleased to inform you that we receive the KTB Magazine and we thank you for that.  I assure you that this will continue to enrich our knowledge about the submarine war in 1939-1945.  I take this opportunity to congratulate you on the excellent news service which demonstrated the high level of the KTB Magazine."
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Josef Tilly was a U-Boat officer, and has been a Member since 1990.  He writes:
"It is an honor for me and my Kameradschaft that we are Members of SHARKHUNTERS.  My comrades and I are very happy - we remember the fine times we had in Austria."
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Otto Dietz was crewmember of U-180 & U-505, and a SHARKHUNTERS Member from 1985 until his death.  He wrote:
"Thanks a lot for the extraordinary great KTB Magazine.  You know more about German submarine warfare than most Germans."
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