16-Year Members

Actually, we should have mentioned these Members when they turned 15 years with SHARKHUNTERS, but we missed last year. Here are the Members who have been on board for 16 years.

1-LIFE-1983 HARRY COOPER, USAF veteran
5-LIFE-1983 MIKE EPSTEIN, 82nd Airborne veteran
12-1983 JOHN WATTS, US Army Intelligence
13-LIFE-1983 BILL REED, US Navy destroyer veteran
18-C-1983 HERBERT WERNER, U-Boat Skipper-, author of an outstanding book 'IRON COFFINS'
19-LIFE-1983 JOHN TAYLOR, National Archives
21-1983 HORST BREDOW Curator, U-Boot-Archiv

We had less than two dozen Members that first year and as I said, this list should have been published last year when they hit the 15 year mark. However, we will not miss their 20th Anniversary in just a few short years. How about you - how long have you been on board? There is great pride in longevity.

15-Year Members

We wish to honor these Members who have been aboard for fifteen years, and we appreciate their loyalty.

28-1984 VICTOR TURON Our first Member in Spain
29-1984 JIM VIZIGIIAN Watched the U-Boats come in to Portsmouth Navy Base at the end of the war
47-1984 C. J. CHRIST Pilot-, researcher
55-LIFE-1984 Prof. ZEL EATON
58-1984 MIKE LUEKEN
67-1984 JACK PHILLIPS
69-1984 HERB KELVER
70-1984 Dr. STEVE TOMAN Eye Doctor, USN vet.
74-1984 RANDY BALCOM
76-1984 FRED JOHNSON Professional diver
78-C-1984 Col. JAMES ROSE
81-C-1984 DAVID BLUETT Has the starboard prop from U-352

Our small Membership of 1984 was decimated with Members who went on Eternal Patrol all too early. They included a number of U-Boat Skippers and veterans who had contributed greatly to our historical knowledge.

10-Year Members

Members who have been on board for TEN YEARS include:

JAMES PATRICK DRISCOLL
JOHN CUMBUS
PHIL HYATT
WILLIAM BRANDT
H. KEITH THOMPSON Author of 'Donitz at Nurnberg'
HENLEY DAY
ANTHONY GALAZ
DAVID CAHILL
RICHARD CLANIN
FRANK AIPLE
WILLIAM WOLFE Editor of POLARIS
THOMAS DEEGAN
Dr. NINON COLLET
PETER SAMOLINSKI
JOEDURANA Veteran of USS SILVERSIDES
ALLEN WEBB
Col. CALVIN DELAPLAIN
JOKULL SAEVARSSON
US NAVAL INSTITUTE
CHARLES BASQUE
CAROL VOGLER
WILLIAM DUNN
DAVID SAVADYGA
WILLY SCHLEEWEISS U-BootFahrer
LEONARD ROBERTS WW II veteran of USS ARKANSAS and USS HAVERFIELD (DE 393)
ComSubLant
CARL DETWILLER
ROBERT DeMARS
COREY COLT
Adm. MARIO BAROGLIO Skipper of UIT GALATEA 1942 in the Mediterranean, then of the corvette MINERVA
JERRY BAKES
ARTHUR COLLINS
WILLIS CARTO Founder, Liberty Lobby, the SPOTLIGHT magazine and the Institute for Historical Revision
MIKE MICHELSON
SIGRID REISCH
NAVAL ATTACHE of GERMANY
CHUCK MYLES
JAY FIONDELLA
JIM DERRYBERRY
FRED DORRIS
HAROLD ECKHARDT
JOHN HONER
PATRICK KINNEY
LEONARD PORTZLINE
JAY SORCI
CALVIN ODIN
AL NEWMAN
PETE PETERSEN crew on U-518
HORST BOETTCHER U-BootFahrer
WALTER BEHRBOHM U-BootFahrer
KARL RODE U-BootFahrer
JOSEF MUTH U-BootFahrer
IAN CUTHBERTSON
Captain KENNETH BEYER Began his service aboard the ship USS ASTERION
Captain EDWARD L. BEACH Submarine Officer and Skipper; Member of our ADVISORY BOARD- author of action submarine books including 'RUN SILENT RUN DEEP!'
MANUEL OLIVEHIA Combat veteran - destroyers
Major MICHAEL DOONAN USAF
TREVOR SAM Son of famous RCAF fighter pilot
RICHARD WATSON
ROBERT KLAUS U-BootFahrer
HERMANN FRIEDERICH U-BootFahrer
PAUL PHELPS
CARL REICHL
KARL-HEINZ HARTMANN Crew on U-4709
Major RICHARD SMITH US Army
Dr. MICHAEL SHMOOKLER
JOSEPH CASSANO
WILLIAM SIMMONS
WALTER TEGTMETER Kriegsmarine veteran
PAUL GATZKE Kriegsmarine veteran
GEORG RAUSCHER U-BootFahrer
ERNST GUTHLING U-BootFahrer
CHARLES WENDT
GUNTHER BUDDENBAUM
KARL HACKLANDER U-BootFahrer
JIM CHEATHAM Author'ATLANTIC TURKEYSHOOT'
LARRY HAGENAH
Col. CARL FROMHAGEN
LYMAN LeCROY
HENRY ZAPATKA
C. W. LOHR
CHRIS CRALOUPKA
SgtMajor KEN ROUSE US Army
HEINRICH BREHM U-BootFahrer
Cdr. WILLIAM GLENN USN fighter pilot
ALBERT BAYER U-BootFahrer
FINTON CORDELL
GUNTHER FISMER U-BootFahrer
BRAZILIAN NAVY COMMISSION
RON KOWALSKI
HANS MAYER U-BootFahrer
RICHARD MAUCK
ALAN NEVILLE
WILLIAM MULARKEY
JOHN RICHARDS
STEPHEN GROHE
PAUL ZINSKIE
RAYMOND CROCKETT
ERWIN BURDT Kriegsmarine veteran

Thanks to all our loyal long-term Members. We will run this section at the beginning of each year for the Members who turn ten and fifteen years with SHARKRUNTERS, and it will not be long until we will be listing the twenty-year Members!

SPECIAL GIFT

Members with ten or more consecutive years of Membership may select ANY of our videotapes FREE when they renew their Membership. This information is on your dues renewal form. It is our way of saying 'Thanks for your loyalty'!