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Deep-Six
11-04-06, 10:55 PM
That is right. He lives just one house up from where i live. I will try to confirm that he was in the U-Bootwaffe.

Please be patient, as I get information from him.
Venatore
11-04-06, 11:03 PM
If his name is "Bernard" don't ask him squat :88)
U-104
11-04-06, 11:03 PM
cool





OT you are the medic.your day of shame has come.:damn::88)
Deep-Six
11-04-06, 11:10 PM
Just the other day I was Sparky, what the h3ll happened?:o

As for his name, no it is not Bernard.
P_Funk
11-05-06, 12:38 AM
Well I'm a Commodore! Take that! I fulfill a necessary bureacratic position! Plus I get all the rum I like and deal out the lashings. Sodomy is of course not an issue.
Respenus
11-05-06, 05:05 AM
And I have been an XO for quite a while. Chief also lasts very long.

If you can get your source to talk it will be a great source of info for the community.
The Noob
11-05-06, 05:17 AM
And i am an Ace of the Deep! :smug:
mr chris
11-05-06, 05:27 AM
Hey im a Grey Wolf ah it is great to be at the front in my type IXC:arrgh!:
I wonder how long that will last for?
Biggles
11-05-06, 09:06 AM
Well, I am the Walrus!

beat that:smug:
Shaffer4
11-05-06, 09:36 AM
"Well, I am the Walrus!"

coo coo ca choo....
NipplesTheCat
11-05-06, 09:42 AM
I am the egg man.
_Seth_
11-05-06, 09:51 AM
If his name is "Bernard" don't ask him squat :88)

:rotfl::rotfl:

btw: "ME THE WOLFIE-WOLF. HOWL."
Jimbuna
11-05-06, 11:33 AM
If his name is "Bernard" don't ask him squat :88)

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I am a little drunk at the moment :o hic!
LZ_Baker
11-05-06, 12:08 PM
Nice dude, make sure if you do talk to him, record it or something!

The emergency room near my house has a really old doctor that was a medic for the Germans during WW2. Every once and awhile when your in there he'll let out some little bit of information.
_Seth_
11-05-06, 12:19 PM
That is right. He lives just one house up from where i live. I will try to confirm that he was in the U-Bootwaffe.

Please be patient, as I get information from him.

BTW: If his name isnt Bernard, check for the name "Adolf"...
Deep-Six
11-05-06, 12:57 PM
That is right. He lives just one house up from where i live. I will try to confirm that he was in the U-Bootwaffe.

Please be patient, as I get information from him.

BTW: If his name isnt Bernard, check for the name "Adolf"...

His first name begins w/ a "w" and lastname "k".

The reason I will not give his name is that I dont have permission to do so.
Ducimus
11-05-06, 01:33 PM
Im just guessing, but Adolf, at the time before and during WW2, was probably about as common a name as Hans.


edit:
If the guy was really in the uboat service, or really a vet of WW2 in general, so long as his poltical tendencies aren't National Socialsm, id listen to what he's have to say. People who were alive back then are living history books, and it would be a shame to not hear their stories before they die of extreme old age.

Its a shame really, in our hospitals in the US, WW2 vets are sort of just stuck in a home (its what we do with our old people), and just fading away. Its a shame we all can't take time out from our rat racing living to hear their stories.
GT182
11-05-06, 01:54 PM
Ah but many WWII vets will not talk about the war. Too painful or what, they just won't talk. I've seen many that are that way.
Ducimus
11-05-06, 02:20 PM
Ah but many WWII vets will not talk about the war. Too painful or what, they just won't talk. I've seen many that are that way.

Thats all too true. I think vet's in general don't talk alot about stuff they'd rather forget. Double edged sword i guess.
_Seth_
11-05-06, 06:34 PM
That is right. He lives just one house up from where i live. I will try to confirm that he was in the U-Bootwaffe.

Please be patient, as I get information from him.
BTW: If his name isnt Bernard, check for the name "Adolf"...
His first name begins w/ a "w" and lastname "k".

The reason I will not give his name is that I dont have permission to do so.

I understand, just a bit of fun...:yep:

If he is a submariner, he is one of the lucky guys. Wasnt there only 10000 german submariners who survived the WWII? And considering those not longer among us due to old age, i guess there are not many left...
Steeltrap
11-05-06, 11:39 PM
Well if he turned 17 in 1944 he'd have been born in 1927, so that would make him 79 in 2006....not at all impossible.

Ducimus:
If the guy was really in the uboat service, or really a vet of WW2 in general, so long as his poltical tendencies aren't National Socialsm, id listen to what he's have to say.

I think you're missing the point - historians should record fact (which involves identifying it) without judging it. So what if he was NS - a great many people were party members as it was a popular thing, while being a member of the Communist party was required in USSR to get anywhere.

Ask about facts, about life on a u-boat etc... and you're not getting into territory where political beliefs are relevant. If they come up, side-step them. We have no right to judge a person who lived through those times, unless it can be demonstrated as a certainty that they committed crimes in a concentration camp.

If anyone talks with him and gets 'preachy' about NS, you can kiss any hope of insight goodbye.....