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Originally Posted by von hally
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Originally Posted by Thomen
Hi there! =)
Those U-Boat jackets are really nice. I got one as a 'heirloom' from my grandfather. It smells like old leather and diesel fuel, but is amazingly comfortable and warm.
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what?....yourgrandfather served on a u-boat? |
Aye.. he did. On two, to be precise. The first (U-990, Type VIIC) got bombed and sunk by a Liberator, and the second (U-2512, Type XXI) got scuttled when the war ended.