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08-01-11, 04:25 PM | #1 |
Bilge Rat
Join Date: May 2008
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Great to be here
Just thought I would say hello to all of you. I have been playing SH4 for a week or so on & off -great sim.
I'm more into reading sub novels fictional & historical. A friend of my father's was in the Krigsmarine. He was lost at sea. Dad never got over it and had a difficult time talking about it. Dad survived the war as a machinist for BMW machining & assembling Folke Wolfe engines before given a gun to "protect the Father Land" He was captured by the Rangers and was kept out of harm's way as a platoon camp runner behind the lines till war's end & then released to find the rest of his family near Dueseldorf (there was an Andy Kruger movie that had that similar theme w/ Van Johnson in it)- He would say that the guys were similar to what you saw in Private Rayan, only they saw him as the young boy he was & not a soldier. Any of you vets ever have that happen for you? Dad passes away 4 years ago. I've always had a penchant for WWII. Feel free to contact me if anyone wants to hear any more war stories from me about may Dad rdorsch@charter.net Later Ron Dorsch |
08-01-11, 10:25 PM | #2 |
Prince of
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Watching over U-253
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Thanks for introducing yourself Ron, hope you feel welcome!
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08-02-11, 02:50 AM | #3 |
Silent Hunter
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Welcome aboard !!!
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08-02-11, 04:27 AM | #4 |
Lucky Jack
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Welcome aboard
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08-02-11, 06:30 AM | #5 |
Chief of the Boat
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Welcome to SubSim Ron
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08-02-11, 06:39 AM | #6 |
Kaiser Bill's batman
Join Date: May 2010
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Welcome aboard, Ron.
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08-02-11, 07:46 AM | #7 |
Rear Admiral
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Welcome aboard!
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08-02-11, 08:07 AM | #8 |
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Welcome to SubSim Ron!
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