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 & U-123; opened Operation DRUMBEAT, earned the Knights Cross w. Oak Leaf. (photo at right)
18th SgtMaj 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.

Members celebrating their birthdays in May include:

1st BILL OLSEN (2431-LIFE-1992)
4th IAN McDERMOTT (603-1989)
6th HANS-GEORG HESS (125-LIFE-1985) Skipper of U-995, Knights Cross holder, Youngest combat submarine Skipper of World War II and possibly of all time
6th DWIGHT McMAHON (615-A/LIFE-1988)
7th LEN BAUER (1526-1990)
7th MARCIN JEDRZEJEWSKI (4477-1995)
9th DAVID MOBLEY (417-LIFE-1988) Deputy Dave, Garbageman Dave, Captain Dave
13th HERBERT WERNER (18-1983) U-boat Skipper and author of ‘IRON COFFINS’
13th STELLA DANA (245½-A/LIFE-1987)
13th JIM SISLEY (2128-1992)
15th MEAGHAN COOPER (¼-LIFE-1991)
15th WERNER KRÜGER (325-LIFE-1987) U-bootfahrer
17th JOAN PARKE MASSEY (1748-C/LIFE-1991)
18th KAYCEE COOPER (161-LIFE-1986)
18th JOHN OGILBY (612-1988)
20th THOMAS LASKOWSKI (4635-1996)
21st TED MAXWELL (3871-1994)
22nd LOU BOLLA (3677-C-1994)
24th WAYNE JENEVEIN (2416-A/LIFE-1992)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY from our International Family of more than 6,500 Members in 70 countries, and we wish you MANY more.