SHARKHUNTERS in 54 COUNTRIES!

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 a few years later, there are MORE THAN 4,500 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)
COREY COLT (1047-1989)
ART JACOBSON (2154-1992)
MILTON SANDERS (3792-1994)
PHIL KAPLAN (3470-1994)
BILL CUSTER (1764-A/LIFE-1991)
MARK NIFFENEGGER (4352-1995)

Be An Angel

SHARKHUNTERS ANGELS are a very special group of Members. They have something they want to go to our SHARKHUNTERS Research Center to help preserve the history of the U-BoofWaffe, of the US Navy Silent Service, or any of the other submarine services - the War at Sea itself.....but not until they begin their ETERNAL PATROL. The names of these very special Sharkhunters Angels will appear in each issue of our KTB Magazine.

If you have something you wish to give to our Sharkhunters Research Center after your death, please place a statement to that effect in your will. It will come here in your name for all researchers of this period of history to use in honest study.

Members may leave anything they think will help, whether it would be an artifact of the War at Sea; perhaps some books to help our library grow; or anything at all that will help - even cash is welcome.

#4500-1995!

SHARKHUNTERS Membership continues to swell - from country to country. When BILL HOWEY (4500-1995) came aboard, our Membership roster exceeded 4,500 Members!

BILL was recommended to Membership by H. KEITH THOMPSON (974-1989) as they are working on a project together. I'm not sure if the details are for public knowledge, so we are asking KEITH and BILL - can we publish any details yet? Or shall we wait for your formal press release?

WELCOME ABOARD, BILL.

Membership Contest

GUDMUNDUR HELGASSON (3566-1994)........................... 10

JOE BURGES (605-A/LIFE-1988)............................................ 8

CDR. JIM CHEATHAM (1231-1989)....................................... 5

RADM EUGENE FLUCKEY (2169-C-1992)........................... 4

JACK GOODIER (127-1990).................................................... 3
CAPT DAVID HINKLE (2593-LIFE-1992)
ALAN HEIDE (3995-1994)

MARC COHEN (166-A/LIFE-1986)......................................... 2
JAY FIONDELLA (1072-1989)
CDR LOU HOUSE (2243-A/LIFE-1992)

OBLT HERBERT WERNER (18-1983)................................... 1
Prof. ZEL EATON (55-LIFE-1984)
JOHN RUCKS (338-1987)
V.E. BAUER-TAPIA (408-1987)
TOM MARKER (472-1991)
VIRGINIA BADER (801-1988)
OBLT EBERHARD von KETELHODT (854-1988)
NEIL SELMER (858-1988)
LtCol ROBERT GEORGE (877-1988)
H. KEITH THOMPSON (947-1989)
KEN HENRY (1468-1990)
HANS SCHMIDT (1721-1990)
MIKE MAFFIA (1803-1991)
STEVE AMES (2331-1992)
ADOLF ZIESENISS (2428-1992)
MYLES YANCEY (2774-1993)
RICK SAVEL (3422-1994)
HAROLD FLAGG (3665-1994)
MIKE deCOLIGNEY (3732-1994)
JON SOBEL (3993-1994)
DALE SIMPSON (4036-1994)
RICHARD MAGAR (4068-1994)
TODD WEBER (4113-1995)
BOB TARKINGTON (4115-1995)
MARK NIFFENEGER (4352-1995)

EVERYONE CAN WIN - YOU CAN WIN! For every FIVE new Members you sign up, you win one more year of Membership for yourself - absolutely FREE! There is no limit to the number of new Members you may recruit - or the number of years of FREE Membership you can win. GRAND PRIZE!

The Member who recruits the MOST new Members in 1995 (minimum of 30) will win ANYTHING they want from our new SHARKHUNTERS/EAGLEHUNTERS catalog - ANYTHING!

There is still time to add to your score - push hard to recruit just FIVE new Members and win your Membership next year . GOOD LUCK TO ALL!

COMPUTER FUND

Our COMPUTER FUND began when Dr. WARREN BROWN (265-A-1987) convinced us that SHARKHUNTERS needed to move into the computer age and get out of the pen & paper era. It was DOC who made the first donation to this FUND.

Over the years, we have grown from the old IBM PC XT we got from DOC BROWN and we now have three IBM 486 units and we still have that old IBM PC XT. Aside from the necessary purchase of a new printer (about $200), we have been paying down this debt that was at one time, well in excess of $4,000.

Here are some of the great Members who have helped with our COMPUTER FUND through their gifts.

From our SHARKHUNTERS Members

JERRY MUMMERT (3142-1993)...................................... $ 25
ART JACOBSON (2154-1992)............................................ $ 5
LEONARD ROBERTS (1031-1989)................................... $ 10
MATT HORVATH (3281-1993).......................................... $ 2
Kplt KARL-FRIEDRICH NIEKE (556-1988)..... 150 Marks
PHILIP KAPLAN (3470-1994)........................................... $ 20
Capt. PETER CHELEMEDOS (3619-1994)...................... $ 25
JIM VIZIGIAN (29-1984).................................................. $ 20
KEN FESSLER (1457-C-1990))........................................ $200
RITA CLARE (1571-A-1990))........................................... $200
KEN FESSLER (1547-C-1990)......................................... $100
JACK GOODIER (127-1990)............................................ $500

From our EAGLEHUNTERS Members
RICHARD L. GLENN (276-1995)......... $ 25

Thanks to these Members and others before them, our debt is now down to $1,393.00. SHARKHUNTERS and EAGLEHUNTERS sincerely appreciates the help from our Members.

SPOOK STUFF "XYSTUS"

What is XYSTUS? This word is linked with FEUERLAND and PATAGONIA. Who can help us with this riddle?