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Old 09-16-05, 04:54 AM   #27
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Originally Posted by Soviet_Warlord
Oh yes, they often picked up fresh food from the ship if the supplies were floating on the surface.
Yeah, I read of one instance when a U-boat found a bunch of fresh butter from a sunken ship. They ate a bunch on the way back to port, and all of the crewmen took some home with them to their families (wrapped in cloth, I guess, due to wartime Tupperware shortages)) after docking!
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