A Question

[Undeadsailor]

I was wondering if this game was ever shown to any of the real peaple that severd on the real U Boats?

[Spray]

I beleive it would have been, they had that German U-Boat captain telling his stories and also in SH1 I remember you would have this bunch of files about a US sub captain talking about his experiences I think they did that much better then on SH3.

[melnibonian]

I don't know about SH3 but I know that Konteradmiral Erich Topp was the technical advisor in SH2 http://www.silenthunterii.com/advisor.html

[Bertgang]

Lot of WWII german veteran were interwiewed for Aces of the Deep; it was really interesting to hear and see them, with real war movies on the background.

Less easy to make that again, as few of them are still around.

[jasonsagert]

Undeadsailor I can't answer your question, though it brings up another interesting question, and that is this--How many U-boat men are actually alive still? I'd imagine that there are just a handful of U-boat veterans who are still alive.

Damn, it's like when I was a kid and used to talk to my Grandfather (he was a Marine in the Pacific)--I wish I would have picked his brain about his experiences more. Of course, he might not have shared his experiences with me more than he did when I was a kid, but still......I found his discharge papers when he'd died and I really wish I had more time to talk to him about that aspect of his life--especially when I was older and capable of putting the stories he told me when I was a kid in a historical context.

I view veterans of the Second World War as a limited and valuable resource. If you know one, listen to them regardless of what they share--being old IS lonely. If they share their first hand expeirences with you, consider yourself blessed. It's a portion of history that is rapidly becoming the domain of historians and not that of those who actually participated.

Alright, my rant is over. Carry on.

J

Edit: Yea, you know my English