We are still playing 'catch-up' with Members who have not yet been introduced. This month, we meet:
(1792-1991) RUDOLF MÜHLBAUER GERMANY One of the five crewmembers of U-123 to win the KNIGHTS CROSS. We think he is the only Kriegsmarine enlisted man to win this high award.
(1793-1991) ED MANDEL USA
(1794-1991) RAY GUNDY USA
(1795-1991) KARL STEPHAN USA Joined the Kriegsmarine 1 January, 1938 and was trained at Funkschule (radio school) then after additional training, reported on board U-17 of the 1st U-BootFlotille, the WEDDIGEN Flotilla. After three war patrols, he was assigned to the building crew of U-563 at Blohm & Voss in Hamburg After the Indienstelung of U-563, the commissioning, KARL had to leave the crew because of problems with his ears. KARL was shipped to various schools as instructor. He writes: "I sure enjoy reading the KTB Magazine. It sure brings back old memories."
(1796-1991) BARRY RANDALL USA BARRY was with our Convention in Chicago and he writes: "I've never seen an event of that size so superbly organized. If there were flaws in the program, I sure didn't see them." BARRY is a volunteer and staffer on the USS COD Memorial..
(1797-1991) MIKE IRICK USA
(1798-1994) WILHELM WRIGHT USA
(1799-1994) BILLY SMILEY USA
(1800-1991) ROBERT KRATT USA
(1801-1991) GENE COHEN USA
(1802-1991) PHILLIP RIFENBURY USA
(1803-1991) MICHAEL MAFIA USA
(1804-1991) ERIC CALAS USA
(1805-1991) CRAIG DASHUT USA
(1806-1991) RUSSEL JONES USA
(1807-1991) LARS JENSEN USA
(1808-1991) MICHAEL SCHOFIELD USA
(1809-1991) RUSS HAMILTON USA
(1810-1991) BRUCE GODLEY USA
(1811-1995) T. J. CAMPBELL USA
(1812-1991) EDWARD HOBART USA
(1813-1991) JOHN BAKER USA
(1814-1991) ROBERT NELSON USA Plank owner on USS SARATOGA
(1815-1991) RICHARD P. BELZ USA
(1816-1991) MARK SHORE USA
(1817-1991) RICHARD BRODEUR USA
(1818-1991) JOHN CHATTERTON USA JOHN is the diver who found the wreck of the U-Boat off the New Jersey coast which was referred to as 'U-WHO' until SHARKHUNTERS identified it as U-869.
(1819-1991) GWENDOLYN GURMAN USA
(1820-1991) DR. HEINZ SCHLICKE USA In the last three years of the War, DR. SCHLICKE was a research coordinator at the OKM (Naval High Command) and worked directly for Dr. Küpfmüller, the head of Siemens Laboratories who was Director of Naval Research and he reported directly to GrossAdmiral Karl Dönitz. DR. SCHLICKE, at that time a Kapitänleutnant, was posted to Tokyo (aboard U-234) to help the Japanese with the latest findings in electronics for submarine warfare and also to get more information on ferrites, a magnetic insulator, invented by two Japanese who had made their doctoral dissertation with the same famous Professor Barkausen, nicknames the 'Electronic Jesus'. The electronic camouflaging of submarines was DR. SCHLICKE's area of expertise; sort of an early form of 'STEALTH' as it were..
(1821-1991) PAULINE TOMINACK USA
(1822-1991) J. DANIEL LOPP USA Past National SubVets Commander
(1823-1991) MIKE PALMER USA
(1824-1991) JAMES LESLIE USA
(1825-1991) MORTON WOOD USA Survivor of the LEOPOLDVILLE
(1826-1991) C. P. DOOLING USA
(1828-1991) WANDA GALE USA
(1829-1991) BRIAN DANIS USA
(1830-1991) ROBERT GREENE USA
(1831-1991) JOHN HERLING USA
(1832-1994) JOHN CATHERINE USA
(1833-1991) BARRY ABEL USA
(1834-1991) GORDON HOLMES CANADA
(1835-+-1991) LEON deGRELLE SPAIN
(1836-1991) D. GEORGE PEPERYIAS USA Worked on subs at Philadelphia Naval shipyard & was also a P.O. on USS CUSK (SS 348) until her decommissioning. He also helped decommission four other submarines.
(1837-+-1991) FRANK PERRY USA Combat submarine veteran - 13 war patrols on USS S-36; USS SARGO and USS SPEARFISH.
(1838-1991) BRUCE G. DAVIS USA CDR. DAVIS is a World War II veteran who flew ASW aircraft, both in the Atlantic & the Caribbean; with VP 741. He got out, went to school, then came Korea and he was back in, flying NEPTUNE ASW aircraft.
(1839-1991) STEVE WIEGMAN USA
(1840-1991) ALLEN CONWAY USA
(1841-1991) LCDR PETER BACI USA
(1842-1991) HAROLD E. WOLF USA He rode USS DORCH (DD 670) in World War II and Korea
(1843-1991) KEVIN J. LYMN USA
(1844-1991) TODD HOLCOMB USA
(1845-1991 RALPH X. KLOTZ USA Combat submarine veteran with 20 years service in the Navy. He rode USS BUMPER (SS 333); USS SEADOG (SS 401) and USS SENNETT (SS 408)
(1846-1991) LCDR GEORGE E. Q. JOHNSON USA Skipper aboard a patrol craft and a corvette.
(1847-1991) DONAL CULLEN IRELAND DONAL was our first SHARKHUNTERS Member from Ireland. He is extremely interested in all phases of World War II but more especially with the underseas warfare, both Allied and Axis.
(1848-1991) PETER HIRES USA
(1849-1991) ARCHIE ESCHBORN USA
(1850-1991) JEAN-GUY DUGAS CANADA

WELCOME ABOARD to our new Members

(3851-1994) BRIAN R. ANDERSON USA
(3852-1994) PAUL MANUSE USA
(3853-1994) JOSEPH McCARTHY USA
(3854-1994) H. A. RAPONE USA
(3855-1994) STEPHEN D. WOLFE USA
(3856-1994) TOM GILMORE USA TOM was a submarine sonar technician in the US Navy 1973 - 1979 and made Petty Officer 1st Class. He rode USS HAMMERHEAD (SSN 663) and USS BLUEFISH (SSN 675). He loves submarines but he says that FAST ATTACK boats and wives don't mix well. He has a large print of 'ATLANTIC WOLVES' over his desk, signed by 'ALI' CREMER (114-+-1985) and a model of U-99.
(3857-1994) CAPTAIN MAX C. DUNCAN USA
(3858-1994) GEORGE H. HETHERINGTON USA
(3859-1994) ROY DONALDSON USA
(3860-1994) JIM COLE USA
(3861-1994) DR. AXEL NIESTLE GERMANY
(3862-1994) DR. ACHIM KRÜGER CANADA
(3863-1994) TOM DANIELS USA
(3864-1994) NICHOLAS B. CINDRIC USA
(3865-1994) MICHAEL DOUGHERTY USA
(3866-1994) ROBERT BRANCACCIO USA
(3867-1994) SCOTT E. LUCAS USA
(3868-1994) D. KING USA
(3869-1994) JOSEPH ELLIAS USA
(3870-1994) RICHARD LEIGHTEN USA
(3871-1994) TED MAXWELL USA
(3872-1994) JULIUS A. OLITA USA
(3873-1994) ALLAN L. WINDLE USA
(3874-1994) RADM B. HAYDEN CRAWFORD USA
(3875-1994) DAVID HICKS USA
(3876-1994) RICHARD HERGET USA
(3877-1994) LEE H. HUGHES USA US MERCHANT MARINE vet from 1943 - he was only 17 years of age when he joined. He experienced 'exciting times' through 1944 & 1945 to the end of the War until 1948 when he was drafted into the 'Walking Army'. He said it was a traumatic event to go from 3rd Assistant Engineer to a raw private
(3878-1994) STEFAN J. ZOLNER USA
(3879-1994) RICK KLEMENT USA
(3880-1994) ROBERT E. JORDAN USA
(3881-1994) RICHARD ZIMMER USA Joined the US Navy six days out of High School in 1983 at age 18. In all, he rode USS BUFFALO (SSN 715); USS NEWPORT NEWS (SSN 750); USS FLORIDA (SSBN 728); and USS RHODE ISLAND (SSBN 740). He has always been interested in submarines and enjoys building plastic models, reading books and collecting post cards of ships and airplanes.
(3882-1994 STEVE LONDON USA While STEVE lives in the USA, he is a Canadian, and a film composer. One of his hobbies is researching the German U-Boaters and in particular, in World War II.
(3883-1994) DONALD W. OEHL USA
(3884-1994) JOHN R. BUCK USA
(3885-1994) SIMON WOOD CANADA
(3886-1994) TERRY DWYER CANADA
(3887-1994) KURT MYERS USA
(3888-1994) CWO CHARLES PETRIE USA CHUCK is a BLACKHAWK assault helicopter pilot and Flight Safety Officer with the US Army's elite XVIII Airborne Corps. Like many aviators, he developed a parallel interest in submarine warfare and has followed the world of JAK MALLMANN SHOWELL (74-1984), MICHAEL GANNON (101-1985), 'ALI' CREMER (114-+-1985) and Robert Stern among others. No stranger to the Archives himself, he has also conducted extensive research into the USAAF's collection and subsequent exploitation of advanced Luftwaffe aircraft such as the ARADO Ar 234 and the Messerschmitt Me 262.
(3889-1994) ROLAND B. ZIMMERMANN USA
(3890-1994) LOREN HOLTZER USA
(3891-1994) RONALD L. NICKELSON USA RON is a 39 year old Seminary student with an interest in Wargaming in general and submarines in particular. As a part-time job, he is a Chaplain in the US Air Force.
(3892-1994) KIAL GUNTER USA
(3893-1994) JAMES BURKHART USA
(3894-1994) TED BOGDANOVICH USA
(3895-1994) BRIAN SHUNTA USA
(3896-1994) DWIGHT K. CALDWELL USA
(3897-1994) E. A. NIERADKO USA
(3898-1994) WILLIAM McCANN USA
(3899-1994) TOM WILDER USA
(3900-1994) JAMES DICKINSON USA
(3901-1994) RAYMOND E. GOIN USA A former sports editor, Ray is now teaching and has completed a book about his teaching and his Navy experiences. He has established friendships with former enemy airmen & his crew voted to make these former He 177 crewmen honorary members of their PC 619.
(3902-1994) FLOYD W. DIEHL USA
(3903-1994) IAN FIRTH USA IAN is the author of the computer game GREY WOLF.
(3904-1994) ED COWLES USA
(3905-1994) JAMES CAINE USA
(3906-1996) ERNESTA ROBERTS USA ERNIE was a 'Gunlayer' in the US Navy ARMED GUARD. He was injured when a Japanese bomb hit 50 feet from the ship,
(3907-1994) CHRIS SYM USA
(3908-1994) JOHN THOMPSON USA
(3909-1994) ALLAN SHEPPARD USA
(3910-1994) PHILIP WILSON USA
(3911-1994) DENNIS J. McGROARTY USA
(3912-1994) DAVID KIDD USA
(3913-1994) ROBERT LOEHRER USA
(3914-1994) STEPHAN PRESTON USA
(3915-1994) PETER CARNA USA
(3916-1994) WILLIAM A. MARON USA
(3917-1994) GILLES J. LaCHANCE CANADA
(3918-1994) RICCARDO CELI ITALY RICCARDO is the editor of 'ARIA ALL RAPIDA' the magazine of the Italian submarine veterans.
(3919-1994) ROBERT E. KIELY USA
(3920-1994) GARY R. BLISS USA
(3921-1994) WALTER K. CHIMOLA USA
(3922-1994) EUGENE B. DOWNMAN USA
(3923-1994) DALLAS G. HAYES USA
(3924-1994) ALBERT HENRY USA
(3925-1994) STEVE KALVESTRAN USA
(3926-1994) WALTER KRAUS USA
(3927-1994) JOHN A. LIMPERT USA
(3928-1994) CHRISTOPHER M. MESSENGER USA
(3929-1994) BRIAN PHILLIPS USA
(3930-1994) TED ROSE USA
(3931-1994) 'FLARE' FREDERICKSON USA Merchant Marine combat veteran. Here we see 'FLARE' proudly and happily accepting the new SHARKHUNTERS Membership he won at his Merchant Marine reunion.
(3932-1994) DR. KAY-ERICH TOPP GERMANY Son of ERICH TOPP (118-LIFE-1985)
(3933-1994) MICHAEL TOPP GERMANY Son of ERICH TOP (118-LIFE-1985)
(3934-1994) JULIO LALI LEIVS COLUMBIA
(3935-1994) MICHAEL D. WOOD USA
(3936-1994) KENNETH BROACH USA
(3937-1994) JERRY JONES USA
(3938-1994) WALTER A. KRAMER USA
(3939-1994) TOM KISLER USA
(3940-1994) DENNIS FURRY USA
(3941-1994) ALEX CARLSON USA
(3942-1994) JOHN SCHMALTZ USA
(3943-1994) DAVID L. WRIGHT USA College Senior, majoring in History and English. His honors thesis will be a detailed history of the sinking of USS REUBEN JAMES by U-552 under ERICH TOPP (118-LIFE-1985)
(3944-1994) CHRIS SMERKA USA Retired US Navy photographer formerly with AS-101 aboard USS FULTON (AS 11). He watched from shore as the US Navy sank U-853 in the final moments of the War.
(3945-1994) ERNEST A. MYETTA USA
(3946-1994) WAYNE FUQUA USA Former US Marine, serving from 1954 - 1958 in the Second 155mm Self-propelled Gun Battalion. He enjoys reading about submarines and he reads everything he can get his hands on. His favorite submarine book is 'IRON COFFINS' by HERBERT WERNER (18-1983)
(3947-1994 CHARLES BURNHAM CANADA
(3948-1994) PAUL TOSCANO JAPAN Translator whose college majors were Russian&German; his Masters Degree was in Asian Studies concentrating on Japanese Naval history. He has been living in Japan for more than two decades.
(3949-1994) MAURICE M. MONTANA USA
(3950-1994) BOB HAUSER USA
(3951-1994) NORIAKI OMORI USA
(3952-1994) JASON BROWER USA
(3953-1994) BISHOP LOUIS VEZELIS USA
(3954-1994) ROBERT G. LUCAS USA
(3955-1994) JURGEN HARTUNG USA
(3956-1994) RICHARD J. O'LAUGHLIN USA
(3957-1994) REV. JOHN S. HUBER USA REVEREND HUBER is currently Administrator of a continuing care retirement community and prior to that, was Pastor at two congregations, both Lutheran Churches. He was born in Nürnberg; a cousin served in the German Army in the War and won the IRON CROSS; another cousin saw the lights of New York City from the U-Boat on which he served as a crewmember.
(3958-1994) ANDREW MULLOHAN USA (3859-1994) TOM FOOTE USA Became interested in the U-Boats when, as a college student, a foreign car mechanic with a specialty in Porsche automobiles, told TOM that he had served aboard U-Boats.
(3960-1994) THOMAS McDONNELL USA
(3961-1994) JADIE MATTHEW USA
(3962-1994) BENJAMIN HUGHES CANADA
(3963-1994) JOHN J. MERCIECA MALTA
(3964-1994) COLONEL MAX WUNSCHE GERMANY Winner of the KNIGHTS CROSS with OAK LEAF CLUSTER and CROSSED SWORDS.
(3965-1994) COLONEL FRITZ DARGES GERMANY
(3966-1994) HEINRICH DEBUS GERMANY
(3967-1994) BUCK CATLIN USA
(3968-1994) WERNER S. HUBER USA
(3969-1994) CONRAD P. FRANK USA
(3970-1994) MICHAEL C. ROACH USA
(3971-1994) LANGDON BEECK USA
(3972-1994) GRAHAM MacDOUGALL USA
(3973-1994) PAUL WESTENSKOW USA
(3974-1994) MICHAEL A. ORLA USA
(3975-1994) CARL R. JANSEN USA
(3976-1994) THOMAS B. CAROTHERS USA
(3977-1994) MARC A. ZARAGOZA USA
(3978-1994) JOHN DEMBITSKY USA
(3979-1994) WILLIAM HOWARD USA
(3980-1994) MARK D. GRIFFITH USA
(3981-1994) ROLAND LICHTER USA
(3982-1994) WILLIAM A. DIMMITT USA
(3983-1994) HENRY A. DENFELD USA
(3984-1994) WARD ROBBINS USA
(3985-1994) GENERAL HEINZ HARMEL GERMANY Winner of the KNIGHTS CROSS with OAK LEAF CLUSTER and CROSSED SWORDS
(3986-1994) HANS HAUSER GERMANY
(3987-1994) WALTER GIRG GERMANY
(3988-1994) GEORGE CAMPBELL USA
(3989-1994) ERNEST J. GEORGE USA
(3990-1994) ROBERT BURNETT USA
(3991-1994) CAPTAIN HARRY G. BRAUN USA U-Boat veteran; author of 'OF ISLANDS & SHIPS'
(3992-1994) STEPHAN WILLEY USA
(3993-1994) JON M. SOBOL USA
(3994-1994) JAMES R. DURSTOCK USA Rode USS RONQUIL (SS 396)
(3995-1994) ALLAN A. HEIDE USA USS ALBANY Association
(3996-1994) RICHARD O. HARDY USA A nurse anesthetist; holds a commission as a Captain in the US Army and served with a MASH unit attached to the 1st Air Cav in SW Asia. His hobby is collecting German militaria from both World Wars and his particular interest is the personal histories of individual soldiers.
(3997-1994) TOM GOUVEIA USA
(3998-1994) MICHAEL GILBERT USA
(3999-1994) STEPHEN L. FOGG USA
(4000-1994) BERNIE KOPELL USA During his stint in the US Navy, BERNIE says that he had a life-and-death job - he ran the base library!

The American public first saw BERNIE as SIEGFRIED, the lovable but bumbling U-Boat commander of KAOS, deadly enemy of CONTROL on the 'GET SMART' television show. He was then Alan A'Dale in the Robin Hood spoof 'WHEN THINGS WERE ROTTEN' and finally, he was ship's doctor Adam Bricker on the television series 'THE LOVE BOAT'.

Sustaining Members

SUSTAINING MEMBERS are those who, through their monthly or annual pledges, help with the routine bills, such as the SHARKHUNTERS telephone bill, which usually runs in the area of $300 each month. They help SHARKHUNTERS grow and continue to tell the honest story of the U-BootWaffe and all the submarine navies of World War II. We hope YOU help.

We need YOU to join this special group. Your name in each issue will remain in the archives of many countries, because our KTB Magazine is kept in PERMANENT archival files in them; including the NATIONAL ARCHIVES of the UNITED STATES, the GERMAN U-BOOT MEMORIAL, BRAZILIAN NAVY ARCHIVES, the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, the ITALIAN SUBMARINE ARCHIVES, the RUSSIAN NAVY ARCHIVES and many more.

YOUR MONTHLY KTB MAGAZINE WILL COME TO YOU BY FIRST CLASS MAIL - YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR MAGAZINE A WEEK OR SO SOONER!

It is easy to join this special group - just pledge any amount you will send each month or each year, and you are immediately added to this list of outstanding Members who help us grow. Will YOU help? Thanks!

Just for comparison, when this SUSTAINING FUND was created by C. D. HESLER (832-A/LIFE-1988) in 1988, there were only 800 Members in SHARKHUNTERS.....and we thought that was a lot.

Today, just six years later, there are MORE THAN 4,200 Members! So you can see how the expenses have expanded more than FIVE FOLD. I hope we can count on YOU for this critical assistance. In advance, many thanks.

CHUCK HESLER (832-A/LIFE-1988)
A.J. TARANTINO (1496-1990)
ANTHONY GALAZ (959-1989)
BILL LUND (610-1988)
R. M. CLARE (1571-1990)
OLAF 'BUD' VEATH (1711-1990)
ART AYDELOTTE (787-1988)
NORMAN E. HARMS (2215-A-1992)
RICHARD FORTUNE (1960-1991)
ART JACOBSON (2154-1992)
COREY COLT (1047-1989)
MILTON SANDERS (3792-1994)
PHIL KAPLAN (3470-1994)
BILL CUSTER (1764-A/LIFE-1991)