Eternal Patrol

Once again, the envelope and front page of our KTB Magazine has the sad information of another veteran of the War at Sea beginning his ‘Eternal Patrol’ but this month, there are two. Both men were Members of SHARKHUNTERS and both men were friends. This is just the same as losing family members.

God speed, and we wish you fair winds and following seas.

Sense?

Last month, in KTB #167, we told why we offer many rare and important items for sale to our Members. I had hoped that it would make sense – but apparently at least one Member did not get it.

A Member, who we will not name for obvious reasons, called to tell us that he was dropping his Membership because we offered too many things to Members – and then he placed an order for many items in our catalog! Sometimes common sense – isn’t.

I have been reminded by some of the U-Bootfahrer in Membership that it is indeed necessary to offer these items not only to help keep SHARKHUNTERS alive and growing, but more to the point – to keep the history of the U-Bootwaffe alive through dissemination of these historic items.

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 & FOUR NAVY CROSSES
MARC COHEN (166-A/LIFE-1986)..................................2001
FKPT GERHARD THÄTER (194-LIFE-1986) ................2002
PROFESSOR TOM MACKIN (146-A-1985)....................2002

BBC Praise

The BBC considers SHARKHUNTERS to be:

“The most respected and the most authoritative source in the world for German U-Boat history.”
--per BBC reporter Graham Pound; November 1996