Members celebrating their birthdays in November include:

2nd NEIL SELMER (858-LIFE-1988)
5th GERHARD RICHTER (214-LIFE-1986) (left) GERRY was the radioman on U-81 when they sank the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS ARK ROYAL.
6th GARY KRAISINGER (1467-1990)
6th VOLKMAR KÖNIG (5428-LIFE-1997) (right) “KING” was a midshipman on U-99 on her final patrol, survived the sinking and spent the years from March 1941 until after the war as “Guest of the King of England”.
7th Vice Admiral KOMORAV (1959-1991) Former Deputy Chief of the Soviet Navy.

9th SEAN PATRICK COOPER (½-LIFE-1987) my son. (right))
12th WILLIAM NAPIER (2290-C/LIFE-1992)
14th LEONARD DUCA (5875-1999)
15th Vice Admiral SMIRNOV (2088-1991) Soviet Navy, ret.

18th Fregattenkapitän GERD THÄTER (194-LIFE-1986) (left) Commander of U-466 and U-3506; was one of a handful of U-Bootfahrer to go through the Straits of Gibraltar not once – but twice.
18th ANATOLIY SMAL (2073-1991)
21st JIM VIZIGIAN (29-1984) USN Signalman who watched the U-Boats surrender at Portsmouth, N.H.
22nd Wm. R. GUCKES (1531-1990)
24th BILL BRANDT (919-1989)
26th Vice Admiral VLADIMIR EGOROV (2535-1992) former CinC of the Soviet Baltic Sea Fleet.
26th ED HENDERSON (4920-1996)
28th JAMES KENNEDY (1906-1991) US Navy combat submarine veteran; he rode USS BLOWER.
29th TONY GALAZ (959-LIFE-1989) Korean-era vet.
29th FRED FAETH (1456-1990) Armed Guard in the war.

Members celebrating their birthdays in December include: 4TH BARRY MONROE (4775-1996)
6TH ROLF ROSELLEN (2985-LIFE-1993) U-Bootfahrer
9TH WILLIAM HARM (836-1988)
11TH JOHN DOERING (2341-1992)
15TH JEREMIAH BOWDEN (2585-1992)
16TH ED HARGROVE (2074-1991) former SUPER BOWL linebacker with the Pittsburgh STEELERS
17TH GEORGES-EMILE CHASSAING (5088-1996)
17TH DAVID STALTER (5733-1999)
18TH JAMES TRAINOR (1705-1990)
24TH FRANK WEINGART (842-1988)
26TH MAX HITE (5185-1997)
28TH PAUL WAGNER (2037-LIFE-1991)
29TH Capt SPENCER SLATE (1567-1990) Owns Atlantis Divers Center, and is “Uncle Slate” to my kids.

Members celebrating their birthdays in January include:

1st Major General PYOTR BARABOLYA (1936-1991)
6th PATTIE KRISE (4712-1996)
7th JAMES McGRAW (5506-1998)
9th JULIANNE HESS 621-1988)
9th JOACHIM LUX (1905-1991) Franciscan Friar
9th MIKE LEACH (4145-1995)
10th ALAN SHEDER (6390-2001)
11th MICHAEL LINGNER (2279-1992)
12th LARRY HOUSER (6106-2000)
13th RICHARD EATON (5501-1998)
13th MILTON HAYNES (5681-1998) 3rd Armor Div.
16th MIKE MICHAELSON (1060-1989)

20th GÜNTHER HEINRICH (1945-LIFE-1991) (right) Skipper of U-960, the last boat through the Straits of Gibraltar.
20th ERNIE MYETTE (3945-1994)
21st JOE McCULLOUGH (4963-C/LIFE-1996)
25th DOUGLAS ADAMS (5002-1996) RCN vet of WW II

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all these Members from our International Family of more than 6,600 in 70 countries, and MANY MORE!