Norm: Dornitz had standing instructions early in the war for his U-Boat Captains to give aid. But as I recall this was taken back when Allies straffed a U-Boat doing so off if Africa. They had communicated their intent but apparently this never was received by our Air Crews. The mistake, afterwards, resulted in no more aid being offered.
As for the monstrosities you are correct. Iin war all sides of a conflict often engage in such. The adrenalin gets pumping and that "red haze" settles in. Of course this can happen to anyone. What's scary is the monsters out there who usde war as an excuse to commutt murder, especially on civillians. BTW my Dad was sunk twice in the Pacific. Once by naval gunfire. But he enlisted. I can understand your position as a non-belligerent being targeted. It must have been frightening. Thank you for serving. Gregg S/V Neverland Sent from my iPhone On Mar 2, 2011, at 8:44 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I do look forward to visiting the U-505 but will have strong mixed feelings > about it. > > While the submarine is a marvelous machine, it was built to kill my kind, > and in Germany's case, to enslave the world. As a 27 year veteran of the > Merchant Marine the ships I sailed on were the sub's primary target. > > While some German submariners did give aid to merchant mariners in > lifeboats, there were also captains that deliberately rammed those > lifeboats. For the record, there were also American sailors who machine > gunned Japanese survivors in the water. I heard both from the mouths of > the perpetrators on TV. > > > Norm > S/V Bandersnatch > > >> Norm, >> >> I visited U-505 several times in the 60's when it was still outside. >> Fortunately it is now located inside the museum, in a climate controlled > room. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
