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Originally Posted by Camaero
You will have to forgive me because I am bad with names but, a U boat captain talked about handing out food and life rafts to merchant sailors he had just sunk. He said his job was to sink ships, not to kill people.
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I think there were several commanders who gave this kind of aid actually. The only ones I can think of off the top of my head are Peter Cremer of U-333, and both George-Wilhelm Schultz and Johann Mohr of U-124. Of course, there was also the Laconia incident, but that was a little different in that Werner Hartenstein actually towed the lifeboats rather than just giving aid.