Meeting New Members

Short Bios

by Harry Cooper


We inadvertently skipped over some Members a while back, and are now catching up with their names and biogs. Our apologies.

2019-1991 GEORGE B. GEIB USA
2020-1991 MICHAEL HILBORN USA
2021-1991 WILLIAM WELLS USA
2022-1991 SCOTT CEBULA USA
2023-1991 MARK KUSCHYK USA
2024-1991 LARRY JACOBS USA
2025-1991 ROBERT JOHNSTON USA
2026-1991 EARL THUL USA

2027-1991 PIERRE BOMPAR FRANCE
PIERRE was an officer on U-123, but well after the end of World War II. The boat was given over to the French Navy, recommissioned as BLAISSON and he rode her then.

2028-1991 CHIEF JIM WATSON USA
Former US Navy SEAL; curator of the SEAL/UDT Museum

2029-1991 STEVEN PAULUS USA
2030-1991 DOC ROSS USA
2031-1991 ROY McLAUGHLIN USA

2032-1991 THOMAS FLURCHICK USA
TOM (at right) has been collecting Militaria for nearly 40 years and belongs to many organizations. He is the founder and President of the Eastern Militaria Collectors Association, and he is the official photographer for the MAX show.

2033-1991 JERRY ESTRADA USA
2034-1991 DAN LIPTAK USA
2035-1991 STEPHEN LONGOBARDO USA
2036-1991 HANS-THOMAS RYAN USA

2037-LIFE-1991 PAUL WAGNER USA
Post-War US Coast Guard veteran. He has always been interested in WW II Naval warfare, especially submarines.

2038-1991 MICHAEL BRASHIER USA
2039-1991 JOHN FAKETE USA

2040-1991 JEROME JONAK USA
JERRY got interested in submarines since he saw U-505 beached on the Chicago shoreline when he was a young boy. (HARRY’s NOTE - it was Friday, 2 September 1954; my 15th birthday). JERRY is degreed in Archaeological history and transportation. He is a military history buff with a huge library, mainly on German militaria.

2041-1991 FRANK CHAPMAN USA
2042-1991 BERT BEEBE USA
2043-1991 AGUSTIN RODRIGUEZ USA
2044-1991 JOHN YURGA USA
2045-1991 EDWIN DONNELLY USA Rode USS SEA ROBIN (SS 407) in the 1960’s
2046-1991 ROY HOFFSCHNEIDER USA
2047-1991 JOHN QUIRK USA
2048-1991 JOHN McCORMACK USA

2049-1991 ROBERT SWEITZER USA
BOB served on the USS KEITH (DE 241), one of the ships that sank U-546. Survivors of the action, German and American, are friends today and attend each others reunions.
2050-1991 WALTER THOMAS USA
2051-1991 BILL NAGLE USA
2052-1991 BERNARD MAUER USA
2053-1991 RAY MERTZ USA
2054-1991 MARK HALLAM ENGLAND
2055-1991 ELLIS CROSS USA
2056-1991 KEN KUMPE USA
2057-1991 BILL STEEN USA
2058-1991 JACK FIORA USA
2059-1991 RADM GEORGE EMERY USA
2060-1991 EVAN WISKOFF USA

2061-1991 WILBUR BARTELS USA
Retired city police officer, now a campus police officer. He is an avid military history buff, reading about conflicts from the days of the Roman Legions to the present.

2062-1991 PETER CLISBY ENGLAND
2063-1991 DEBORAH LUCIEN USA
2064-1991 RICHARD FEGELY USA
2065-1991 MICHAEL KRUSHINSKY USA

WELCOME ABOARD to these new SHARKHUNTERS;

4501-1995 JAMES A. FORST USA
4502-1995 JOSEF SAFCHICK USA
4503-1995 GARY J. WALTERS USA
4504-1995 CARLOS S. RUIZ USA
4505-1995 PAUL DARCY IRELAND
4506-1995 PAUL BARALE SPAIN

4507-1995 MICHAEL TESKE CANADA
MICHAEL has always liked to read of the actions of the U-BootFahrer. He is 16 years of age, and builds model battleships and especially, submarines.

4508-1995 MERLIN LIEBZEIT (pictured here) USA
MERLIN was a tanker with the 701 Tank Battalion in Germany. He was with us in Russia in 1995; and both MERLIN and his son STEVEN (2927-A-1993) were with us in Germany in 1995.

4509-1995 THOMAS SHERRILL USA
4510-1995 ROBERT NICHOLAS USA
4511-1995 RICHARD ILER USA
4512-1995 CHARLES E. SCHAUB USA
4513-1995 THEODORE SAVAS USA
4514-1995 ALFONSO MASCARENHAS USA
4515-1995 SCOTT BEATTY USA
4516-1995 HAMILTON AYERHART USA
4517-1995 ROBERT KLEGG USA
4518-1995 DAN MARBUT USA
4519-1995 DAVID TOMCO USA
4520-1995 JOSE M. BACIGALUPO ARGENTINA
4521-1995 EDGAR REUTER GERMANY

4522-1995 H-F MASSMANN GERMANY
Oberleutnant zur See HANS-FERDINAND MASSMANN, known to his friends as ‘HAI’ (it means (Shark) was Skipper of U-137 and U-409.

4523-1995 VOLKER VöLSING GERMANY
4524-1995 ROY HANES ENGLAND
4525-1995 Rev. HELGA MORROW USA
4526-1995 DAVID WEGENER USA
4527-1995 CHARLES FOELL USA

4528-1995 ERNEST M. LEY USA
He is a history buff who had joined both SHARKHUNTERS and EAGLEHUNTERS. His parents threw out the television set when he was just 14 and he thought it was the end of the world; but then his mother told him to go to the library and get some good books. He especially enjoys speaking with the veterans who were actually in this history that he reads.
4529-1995 BOB CHRIST USA
4530-1995 TIM SCHONHARDT USA
4531-1995 RICHARD REIDEL USA
4532-1995 TREVOR RETTALER CANADA
4533-1995 HAL WHITEMAN USA
4534-1995 CARL WILLS USA
4535-1995 A. P. HOGAN USA
4536-1995 JOEL P. PEREGRINE USA
4537-1995 EDWIN SCHULTZ USA
4538-1995 ROBERT LOUIS SINGER USA
4539-1995 BILLY RAY HATFIELD USA
4540-1995 DANIEL BURNS USA
4541-1995 JUAN A. MARIN SPAIN
4542-1995 DAN SZARKOWSKI USA
4543-1995 FRANK ALTIMARI USA
4544-1995 CHARLES L. ULRICH USA
4545-1995 GEORGE A. DELMAR USA
4546-1995 RICHARD H. MUELLER USA

4547-1995 CARL JEPPESEN USA
CARL has a real foothold in naval history, in that his grandfather served aboard SCHLESIEN and his father served aboard USS NIBLACK. How’s that for a foot in both camps. He has a great love of this naval history.
4548-1995 DALLAS HOLT USA
4549-1995 NEIL DUNBAR AUSTRALIA
4550-1995 JüRGEN SCHLEMM GERMANY
4551-1995 DAVID PAYNE NEW ZEALAND
4552-1995 J. RAEMER USA
4553-1995 WILLIAM A. FAGANS USA
4554-1995 JOHN BARKELY USA
4555-1995 GEORGE J. LINZMAYER USA
4556-1995 C. S. CIOFFI USA
4557-1995 L. G. McDORMAN CANADA
4558-1995 BILL WEILER CANADA
4559-1995 DAN MOLLOY IRELAND
4560-1995 JOHN GRUMBINE USA
4561-1995 PAUL STASIOR USA
4562-1995 name withheld
4563-1995 BRIAN ROLAND USA
4564-1995 PABLO A. MALLEMONT BRAZIL
4565-1995 PETER KOLOSKY USA
4566-1995 KELLY LYDON USA
4567-1995 UWE OESTERREICH USA
4568-1995 JOHM M. KRAMER USA
4569-1996 EDWARD A. WARDWELL USA
4570-1996 ROBERT COATES USA He rode USS HOE, USS RASHER and was with SubDiv 12
4571-1996 GARY A. BROWN USA
4572-1996 Capt. ERNEST MURDOCK USA
4573-1996 ANTHONY J. ACQUIVIVA USA
4574-1996 NORMAN GRIFFIN USA
4575-1996 SAMUEL B. GALKIN USA
4576-1996 RICHARD B. MENARD USA
4577-1996 STEPHEN A. INGALLS USA
4578-1996 JOHN G. JURKIN USA
4579-1996 WILLIAM F. CASTEEN USA
4580-1996 DAN LAW USA
4581-1996 PETE PETRISKY USA Retired U.S.M.C. Master Sgt.
4582-1996 JAMES K. RUSHING USA
4583-1996 W. C. POWER USA
4584-1996 PHILIP TERNI USA
4585-1996 PETER DENNISTON NEW ZEALAND
4586-1996 J. S. BUDHIALI INDONESIA
4587-1996 ROLF SYVERTSEN NORWAY
4588-1996 RAFAEL ALCALA ARRIBAS SPAIN

4589-1996 ANNGRET K. TOLAND USA
Born in Germany; her late husband, Albert Dirrigl, rode U-506 during the war. He also was Funkmaat on a mother ship. Her father served in the German forces in WW I so with WW II, he went into the Wehrmacht.
4590-1996 ERNEST ALFONSO USA
4591-1996 ALVIN D’ANDREA USA
4592-1996 CHRIS WARNER USA
4593-1996 ALFRED MARTZ USA
4594-1996 ROLF P. SLETTEN USA
4595-1996 JAMES W. JOHNSON USA

4596-1996 CHARLES N. EHLER USA
‘BUD’ has had a long-standing interest in the U-Bootwaffe and is currently building a TYPE VII-B which he will finish out with the famed ‘GOLDEN HORSESHOE’. He is of German descent (family from the Kiel area) and he is currently an Oceanographer.
4597-1996 CHRIS SULLIVAN USA
4598-1996 STAN LUCAS USA

4599-1996 HUTCH HENDERSON USA
HUTCH is another young Member, with a great deal of years of history ahead of him. He is just 14 years of age, but very interested in the history of the U-Bootwaffe since his father took him to see U-505 at the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago.

4600-1996 DUANE C. BREAUX USA

To these ‘new’ Members, we say WELCOME ABOARD! If YOUR Membership Number is between 2066 and 2250, please send some information about yourself. Don’t be a ONE-LINER.


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