Members celebrating their birthdays in March include:
1st PHIL BROWN (2229-2000)
2nd ‘Torpedoman’ MIKE AMMANN (424-1988) USN, Ret
2nd RADM JOSEPH PECK (4278-1995) US Navy combat destroyer Skipper
3rd BETH SCHIMOLER (129-C-1985)
3rd DAVID BICKFORD (5495-1998)
3rd JACK MYERS (5581-1998)
4th DENNIS DODD (3838-1994)
8th HANS SPYKER (759-1988) U-Bootfahrer
9th MIKE LUEKEN (58-1984)
9th STEVE TOMAN (70-1984)
9th FRANK DIETZ (1583-1990)
13th HEINZ HOCH (222-1986) U-Bootfahrer
13th RADM EVGENI ALEKSEEV (2549-1992) Main Staff, Russian Navy
15th JOSEPH P. BERKEY (5123-1997) Veteran of USS WASP (CV-7)
15th HERBERT MATSEN (5683-1998)
17th ANDREW J. BABAJKO (3506-1994) he rode USS DOGFISH, SPIKEFISH and THREADFIN
18th KK REINHARD HARDEGEN (102-LIFE-1985) C.O. of U-147 and U-123; is the only DRUMBEAT Skipper still living; earned the KNIGHTS CROSS with OAK LEAF.
18th Sgt Major KEN ROUSE (1252-1989) US Army, Ret
18th ADMIRAL VITALI IVANOV (2530-1992) retired commandant of the Russian Naval Academy
19th LARRY HAGENAH (1232-C/LIFE-1989)
21st GEORGE E. BROWN (3078-1993)
23rd JOEL R. MacDONALD (5062-1996)
25th LEONARD PORTZLINE (1094-1989)
25th ARTHUR A. HUNTLEY (2283-1992) US Navy vet. on USS F. C. DAVIS which was sunk by U-546 (JUST). He and Captain JUST became good friends and prior to his death, Captain JUST kept a house trailer on HUNTLEY’s property and spent winters there.
26th ARTHUR W. READ (2092-1991)
26th CDR NORMAN BENEDICT (3797-LIFE-1994)
30th BUD DANA (245-A/LIFE-1987) US Navy veteran; the SHARKHUNTERS Videographer; and world’s expert on the tunnels and bunkers built by the Third Reich.
31st WOLDEMAR ‘Bobby’ TRIEBEL (197-LIFE-1986), I.W.O. on U-978.

Members celebrating their birthdays in April include:

5th Wilma Reich’
6th HELMUT WITTE (4238-1995) Skipper of U-159, winner of the KNIGHTS CROSS.
7th Major RICHARD SMITH (1213-1989) US Army pilot, Ret
7th JAMES BARRY (2194-1992) US Navy submariner, retired
8th DAVID SANDERS (309-1987)
9th CHARLIE RICH (378-1987)
13th STUART REICH (263-LIFE-1987)
17th JOHN KAMMERER (653-LIFE-1988), submariner. He rode USS BARB (SSN 596)
18th VADM VALERI GRISHANOV (2537-1992), Russian Navy - head of Baltic Sea Fleet, Retired
19th EDDIE PHILLIPS (220-A/LIFE-1986), adventurer
20th Captain EDWARD L. BEACH (1163-LIFE-1989), US Navy submarine officer & Skipper, winner of the NAVY CROSS, accomplished author whose best-known work is ‘RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP!’
21st MIKE TORRESON (371-1987)
21st THOMAS FLURCHICK (2032-1991)

22nd Fleet Admiral VLADIMIR CHERNAVIN (2240-1992), last CinC of the Soviet Navy
23rd WILHELM HÖHN (789-1988) US Army Colonel, Ret.
26th PETE PETERSEN (1133-A-1989) he rode U-518
27th HERMANN HOFFMANN (1365-1990) (photo at right) IWO and later Skipper of U-172 .

Members celebrating their birthdays in the month of May include:

1st BILL OLSEN (2431-LIFE-1992)
4th IAN McDERMOTT (603-1989)
6th HANS-GEORG HESS (125-LIFE-1985) Skipper of U-995, winner of the KNIGHTS CROSS and at just barely 21 years of age, the youngest combat submarine commander of any navy in W W II - possibly of all time.
6th DWIGHT McMAHON (615-A/LIFE-1988)
7th LEN BAUER (1526-1990)
7th MARCIN JEDRZJEWSKI (4477-1995)
9th DAVID MOBLEY (417-LIFE-1988)
13th HERBERT WERNER (18-C-1983) Charter Member, Commander of several U-boats, author of IRON COFFINS, a great book. 13th STELLA DANA (245½-A/LIFE-1987)
13th JIM SISLEY Retired Spook
15th MEAGHAN COOPER (1/4-LIFE-1991) my daughter
15th WERNER KRÜGER (325-LIFE-1987) U-bootfahrer
17th J. P. MASSEY (1748-C/LIFE-1991)
18th KAY COOPER (161-LIFE-1986) My wife
18th JOHN OGILBY (612-1988)
20th THOMAS LASKOWSKI (4635-1996)
21st TED MAXWELL (3871-1994)
22nd LOU BOLLA (3677-1994)
24th WAYNE JENEVEIN (2416-A/LIFE-1992)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY from the more than 6,200 Members in our International Family in 70 countries - and many, MANY MORE!