OT: Virginian-Pilot Newspaper article about kaleun Hans Karpf

Herr Russ · 01-07-07, 07:30 PM

Great article in the paper today telling some history behind Hans Karpf, his boat U-632 and a new born daughter... Long story short, his living daughter (now 63) always wondered if her father knew that she was born. U-632 was sunk 2 weeks after her birth near iceland... A researcher, after many years, found a deciphered message to U-632 that said "Hero daughter born on 18 March. Congratulations"

Nice to see her able to get on with life & took me by surprise to see a picture of a Kaleun in the conning tower of a VIIC on the back page of the paper..

01-07-07, 07:30 PM	#1
Herr Russ Officer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Diego, CA. Posts: 246 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	OT: Virginian-Pilot Newspaper article about kaleun Hans Karpf Great article in the paper today telling some history behind Hans Karpf, his boat U-632 and a new born daughter... Long story short, his living daughter (now 63) always wondered if her father knew that she was born. U-632 was sunk 2 weeks after her birth near iceland... A researcher, after many years, found a deciphered message to U-632 that said "Hero daughter born on 18 March. Congratulations" Nice to see her able to get on with life & took me by surprise to see a picture of a Kaleun in the conning tower of a VIIC on the back page of the paper..