Members celebrating their birthdays in July include:

2nd RADM ERICH TOPP (118-LIFE-1985), Skipper of U-57, U-552 & U-2513; winner of the KNIGHTS CROSS with OAK LEAF CLUSTER and CROSSED SWORDS. THIRD MOST SUCCESSFUL submarine Skipper of WWII.
2nd DAVID SAVADYGA (1020-1989), BEAR WHO WALKS.
3rd SHEILA BREVOGEL (1676-1990), Researcher.
4th PAUL GATZKE (1222-1989), KRIEGSMARINE veteran.
7th Michele Gobeler, daughter of HANS (3-LIFE-1983) and ERIKA (2618- 1992) GOBELER.
8th RED NORDENBERG (523-LIFE-1988) US NAVY combat submarine veteran.
8th JOE CASSANO (1218-1989).
10th NIEL CHRISTENSEN (755-1988) former US NAVY SEAL sniper.
13th ADMIRAL VALENTIN SELIVANOV (2545-1992), CNO of the Russian Fleet.
15th Dr./Mrs. Kretschmer; wife of OTTO KRETSHCMER (122-LIFE-1985).
16th WILHELM GRAP (213-1986) U-Boat combat veteran, served on U-506 during the famous LACONIA Incident.
18th RENEE von WORDE (887-1988) our SHARKHUNTERS translator.
19th KPLT HORST DEGEN (116-1985), Skipper of U-701.
19th KURT REBS (235-1987) U-Boat combat veteran, served on U-456 and U-20 in the Black Sea Fleet.
20th BILL REED (13-1983) US NAVY destroyer veteran, CHARTER MEMBER of SHARKHUNTERS
23rd PROFESSOR ZEL EATON (55-1984), former SHARKHUNTERS Advisory Board
24th MIKE EPSTEIN (5-1983) US ARMY veteran 82nd Airborne, Executive Director of the International Association of Airborne Veterans, CHARTER MEMBER of SHARKHUNTERS.
28th JEAN HAVILAND (107-1985) Researcher.
29th ERIKA GOBELER (2552-1992), wife of HANS GOBELER (3-LIFE-1983).
29th CAPTAIN VALERI NOVIKOV (2618-1992), Press Chief RUSSIAN NAVY.

Members celebrating their birthdays in August include:

2nd DARCY BIRKHOLZ (864-1988)
4th GUNTER DIETRICH (339-1987), crewmember of the minesweeper that took GENERAL SS LEON deGRELLE (1835-+-1991) out of Copenhagen Harbor and on to safety in Norway.
6th ROD WHEDON (2308-1992)
11th WILLIAM DUNN (1019-1989)
14th JOE DURANA (990-1989) US NAVY combat submarine veteran; served on USS SILVERSIDES (SS 236)
15th NORMAN R. ROWE (2821-1993)
17th HARRY SCHONAU (170-1986) KRIEGSMARINE combat veteran of the one- man torpedoes, now a superb model builder.
17th CHRIS WILLS (1935-C-1991), currently serving in the US COAST GUARD, is on our SHARKHUNTERS Board of Advisors.
28th C. T. REAGAN (727-1988)
28th YOYA KAWAMURA (1739-LIFE-1991), head of a historical archive in Japan.
29th ADMIRAL FELIX GROMOV (2542-1992) current Commander in Chief of RUSSIAN NAVY Administration.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY from the more than 3,700 Members of SHARKHUNTERS around the world - and we wish you MANY, MANY MORE!