[Spudwiser]

As much as I hate what the Nazi's did during World War II, you cannot dismiss the history left to us.

My grandfather was a Merchant Marine. He was in a convoy of about 30 ships. At daybreak, a wolfpack opened fire on his convoy. If i remember the story correctly, 17 ships were sunk and 4 were abandoned because of damage. He was actually plucked out of the water by a passing u-boat and left along the shore of Ireland. Although they caused a huge amount of distruction, not all of the U-boat commanders were evil SOB's. By the time he got pack on a ship, they used escorts, so he managed to survive the rest of the war.