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Key Largo Order Tape H-2
The first ever SHARKHUNTERS Convention, and it was in Key Largo February of 1987.
Our 1st ever SHARKHUNTERS history gathering; this in Key Largo Florida in February of 1987. Three U-boat Skippers (one with the Knights Cross), other officers and crewmen; American sub vets and tin can veterans were with us too. We were aboard the dive boat with our group AND the NBC TODAY Show film crew, and that’s all on the tape too. Come along and watch them film us for the TODAY Show.
Commanders in attendance were:
Oblt. Hans-Georg Hess, Skipper ofU-995, Knights Cross
FKPT Gerd Thäter, Skipper of U-466 and U-3506, Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Kplt Kurt Baberg, Skipper of U-618, Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Other veterans in attendance included:
Oblt Waldemar Triebel, I.W.O. on U-978
Oblt Ernst Schmidt, II.W.O. on U-345 and U-821
Georg Högel, radioman on U-30 and U-110
Gerhard Richter, radioman on U-81
Detlev Zimmermann, planesman on U-315
Albert Rudolf, crewman on several U-boats
Hans Göbeler, crewman on U-505
Theo Freundorfer, Midshipman
Grover McLeod, American submarine veteran
Heinz Rheese, crewman on U-511
Walter Knoch, crewman on German minesweeper
Each of these veterans made a short speech and the information in the speeches by these vets can be found nowhere else. Unlike the others, Georg Högel spoke for well over an hour, telling about the first U-boat into battle…..and his story of Alfonse the turkey will have you falling off your chair with laughter. This tape contains a great deal of first-person history.
CLICK HERE to see the photos and description of this historic first-ever Sharkhunters "Patrol".
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