Gregg, Thanks for the reminder. That museum and the U-505 has always been on my list of things to do if I ever get in the Chicago area.
It always saddens me to see large objects of historic value left outdoors to decay. There is an Apollo rocket in Canaveral, now in a proper building, that was left out in the elements for a long time. Another example, although I do understand the reasoning behind it, is the repeated efforts to destroy "Hitler's Bunker" in Berlin. The burning of Caligula's party barges in Italy by retreating German forces was so pointless and tragic. On the other hand, when the Germans left Paris many beautiful places were set with explosives but the German officer that was left behind to do the deed, to his great and everlasting credit, declined to give the order. I'm sure there are many such examples. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek FL N30 07.68 W081 38.47 > > Norm: > > > > Recently toured U-505 at Museum of Science and Industry. There is one of two M4 Enigmas originally found aboard on display in Radio Room. They redid the display (had been outside but deteriorating). It is now housed in a mock up of a U-Boat pen and accessible inside and out. Amazing how big they were. > > > > Even if you've seen the U-505 in the past, new treatment worth another look. > > > > Gregg Dennhardt > > S/V Neverland > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
