Well, been to the states couple of times that was years ago back in early 1942 I was in command of a Type IXB U-187 we had receive orders from Bdu to make way to outside of New York & patrol the waters - silly buggers those Americans with their lights on and all! We could see the parties going on through the persicope don't they know there was a war going on! I remember fondly now it was our 11th week at sea & we were out of coffee! Any sailor would tell you thats a dangerous situation to be in. So I came up with the idea that we drop a few men off near the coast and see if they can steal some coffee from one of em houses, them Americans be all drunk and all they wouldn't even notice! When i asked for voluntares every-single-man was willing to go?. I suppose 11 weeks at sea got to them that they needed their feet on some dirt.
So i chose 10 good men. That was the last time we saw them. Presumed captured. strange thing is 3 other boats in the area had the same problem. We lost a lot of good men back in 42
Oh wait... have i been to USA.
Nope
Hopefully one day i will, would love to go to New York or Los Angeles where my cousin lives she went there back in 1989
11-25-09, 01:35 PM
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