Happy Birthday

Members' Birthdays

by Harry Cooper


Members celebrating their birthday in October include:

2nd MONIKA HANSEN; Wife of PETER HANSEN;
4th FRED CHANG (772-1988) historian, model builder;
6th MARK PEARSON (1881-1991);
8th PROF. TOM MACKIN (146-A-1985) High school band leader whose band played the ‘KRETSCHMER MARCH’ for the first time ever since the end of World War II;
10th DAN WOLFE (91-1985);
15th WESLEY KASKIW (614-1988);
15th BILL SHERMAN (1445-1990) USN destroyer veteran;
16th GEORG HÖGEL (240-LIFE-1987), radioman on U-30 and U-110;
16th OTTO von BÜLOW (305-LIFE-1987), C. O. of U-404 and winner of the KNIGHTS CROSS;
16th RANDY GARLIPP (422-1988);
23rd EDDIE RUMPF (179-1986), historian;
23rd JOSEPH DEVLIN (724-1988);
25th JONATHAN FINDLEY (1743-C/LIFE-1991) USCG;
27th Dr. JAMES J. CARROLL (2391-A-1992);
30th DAVE BLUETT (81-1984);
31st Dr. THAD LAYTON (450-1988)

Members celebrating their birthday in November include:

1st PHILIP MAES (4237-1996);
2nd NEIL SELMER (858-LIFE-1988);
5th GERHARD RICHTER (214-LIFE-1986) radioman on U-81 when they sank HMS ARK ROYAL;
5th JOHN WOOLLIN (637-1988);
6th GARY KRAISINGER (1467-1990);
7th VADM KOMORAV (1959-1991) retired Deputy Chief of the Navy of the Soviet Union;
9th SEAN PATRICK COOPER (1/2-1987) my son;
12th WILLIAM NAPIER (2290-1992);
14th CHUCK HESLER (832-LIFE-1988);
15th RADM SMIRNOV (2088-1991) Soviet Navy retired;
18th GERHARD THÄTER (194-LIFE-1986) C. O. of U-466 and U-3506 and one of a handful of men to make it through Gibraltar twice;
21st JIM VIZIGIAN (29-1984) US Navy Signalman who saw the U-Boats surrender at Portsmouth NH;
21st KARL STEPHAN (1795-1991);
24th BILL BRANDT (919-1989);
26th ADM VLADIMIR EGOROV (2535-1992);
28th PEN HARMS, contributing Editor to EAGLEHUNTERS;
28th JAMES KENNEDY (1906-1991), rode USS BLOWER

From our International Family of SHARKHUNTERS Members in 61 countries - we wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! And we wish you many, MANY, MANY MORE!


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