Members celebrating their birthdays in February include:

1st RODNEY DAVIS (5318-A/LIFE-1998)
2nd JOHN TAYLOR (19-LIFE-1983) with NARS
6th President RONALD REAGAN (1858-LIFE-1991)
9th BOB PANAZZE (457-1988)
10th MICHAEL deCOLIGNY (3732-1994) ‘on the job’
10th MARTIN HIGLEY (4608-1996)
15th PAUL ADAMS (5520-LIFE-1998)
19th MARC COHEN (166-A/LIFE-1986) USN SeaBee
20th LARRY KAGAN (5053-1996) B.O.T.
23rd KURT BABERG (270-1987) Skipper of U-618

Members celebrating their birthdays in March include:

1st PHIL BROWN (2229-2000) Survivor of Erika’s ‘Gilligan’s Island Tour’ (private story)
2nd ‘Torpedoman’ MIKE AMMANN (424-1988)
3rd BETH SCHIMOLER (129-A-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 EVEENI ALEKSEEV (2549-1992) Main Staff, Russian Navy
15th JOSEPH BERKEY (5123-1997) USS WASP vet
15th HERBERT MATSEN (5683-1998)
17th ANDREW BABAJKO (3506-1994) veteran of USS DOGFISH, USS SPIKEFISH and USS THREADFIN
18th REINHARD HARDEGEN (102-LIFE-1985), C.O. of U-147 and U-123; opened Operation DRUMBEAT, Earned the Knights Cross with Oak Leaf.
18th Sgt. Major KEN ROUSE (1252-1989)
18th ADMIRAL VITALI IVANOV (2530-1992) former Commandant, Russian Naval Academy
19th LARRY HAGENAH (1232-C/LIFE-1989)
21st GEORGE BROWN (3078-1993)
22nd PETER SAMOLINSKI (985-1989)
23rd JOEL MacDONALD (5062-1996)
25th LEONARD PORTZLINE (1094-1989)
25th ARTHUR HUNTLEY (2283-1992) USS DAVIS vet
26th ARTHUR READ (2092-1991)
26th Cdr. NORMAN BENEDICT (3797-LIFE-1994)
30th BUD DANA (245-A/LIFE-1987) our Videographer
31st WOLDEMAR TRIEBEL (197-LIFE-1986) U-968

Members celebrating their birthdays in April include:

5th Wilma Reichl
6th HELMUT WITTE (4238-LIFE-1995) Knights Cross holder, Skipper of U-159
7th Major RICHARD SMITH (1213-1989) USArmy (Res)
7th JAMES L. M. BERRY (2194-1992) Submariner, USN
8th DAVID SANDERS (309-1987)
9th CHARLIE RICH (378-1987)
17th JOHN KAMMERER (654-LIFE-1988)
18th Vice Admiral VALERI GRISHANOV (2537-1992) former Commander, Russian Baltic Sea Fleet
19th EDDIE PHILLIPS (220-A/LIFE-1986)
20th Capt. EDWARD L. BEACH (1163-LIFE-1989) winner of the Navy Cross, submarine officer and Skipper; commanded USS TRITON on the first ever circumnavigation of the globe - totally submerged; accomplished author of many books including ‘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, awarded Hero of the Soviet Union and also the 32 Point Brilliant Star.
23rd WILHELM HÖHN (789-1988) Colonel USArmy (Ret)
26th PETE PETERSON (1133-A-1989) U-518 crewman
26th GASPAR BONGIOVANI (1886-1991)
27th HERMANN HOFFMANN (1365-1990) was I.W.O. on U-172 for several patrols, then Skipper of that boat. He took the famous photo of Table Mountain from U-172 while submerged in Capetown Harbor

HAPPY BIRTHDAY from our International Family of more than 6,500 Members in 70 countries - we wish you many more!