Number 20!

Our 19th Anniversary as we beginning our 20th year! It was in Feb. of 1983 when our first publication (?) was sent out. It was only one page long and went to just six guys. Now our KTB Magazine is 40 to 44 pages long and goes to about 6,500 men and women. There are now quite a few women in Membership and like the men, all are interested in this history. Our first issue went to six guys, five in the state of Illinois and one in Germany. Our KTB now goes to Members in 70 countries.

Many thanks to you, our Members, for your loyalty and for helping us grow. Vielen Dank to our U-boat friends whose help and information made our KTB the ‘Bible’ for U-boat history.

And now - on to the next twenty years!

Past Advisors
JOHN KAMMERER (653-LIFE-1988) 1989
CAPTAIN ROBERT THEW (333-+-1987) 1990
JOHN RYAN (401-LIFE-1987) 1990
OBLT. HANS-GEORG HESS (125-LIFE-1987) 1991
PROF. ZEL EATON (55-LIFE-1984) 1992
EDDIE RUMPF (179-C-1986) 1993
BUD DANA (245-A/LIFE-1987) 1994
JUDE STACKPOLE PhD (1334-+-1990) .1997
DR. WARREN BROWN (265-A-1987) .1995
ART AYDELOTTE (787-1988) 1997
BILL CUSTER (1764-A/LIFE-1991) 1997
Capt. EDWARD L. BEACH (1163-LIFE-1989) 1998
Fleet Admiral VLADIMIR CHERNAVIN (2240-1992) 1998
Flot. Admiral OTTO KRETSCHMER (122-1985) 2001
JAMES KLINE (300-A/LIFE-1987) 1999
GERHARD RICHTER (214-LIFE-1986) 1999
CHRIS WILLS (1935-LIFE-1991) 2000
RADM EUGENE FLUCKEY (2169-1992) 2000 (CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL of HONOR and FOUR NAVY CROSSES)
MARC COHEN (166-A/LIFE-1986) 2001