"Iron Coffins"

[VIICDriver]

Many of you may already know this so disregard but those who do not I highly suggest picking up the book "Iron Coffins" by Herbert Werner.

He is a decorated Captain of the war who actually survived it and the book is his account of the war through several different U-boats he served on.

It is gripping actually and tells alot about the "nuts and bolts" of hunting especially early in the book. Being an American I have never really seen the war through a Germans' eyes but I must admit it is also very sad towards the end.

The Germans friend or foe, (especially their navy) operated very honorably. He tells of early in the war of sinking a ship and even though he knew destroyers were en route they took the time to issue an SOS for the men in the water because monitoring their freq during the attack he knew they did not get off one. Just the little things like that make this book an EXCELLENT read. It will give your SH3 all new life with some of the inside information available in it.

Sorry to ramble but I highly recommend this one.
I am very near the end of the read now.

Chuck