Happy Birthday

Sharkhunter Members

by Harry Cooper


Members celebrating their birthdays in May include:

1st BILL OLSEN (2431-LIFE-1990)
6th Dr. (Law) HANS-GEORG HESS (126-LIFE-1985) Skipper of U-995, decorated with the Knights Cross, Youngest Combat Submarine Skipper of World War II in any navy.
6th DWIGHT McMAHON (615-A/LIFE-1988)
7th LEN BAUER (1526-1990)
9th DAVID MOBLEY (417-LIFE-1988)
13th STELLA DANA (245½-A/LIFE-1987)
13th HERBERT WERNER (18-1983) Skipper of several U-Boats; wrote “Iron Coffins”
13th JIM SISLEY (2128-1992)
15th MEAGHAN COOPER (¼-LIFE-1991)
15th WERNER KRÜGER (325-LIFE-1987) U-Boat crew man, served aboard U-960
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 (3677-1994)
24th WAYNE JENEVEIN (2416-A/LIFE-1992)
24th IGOR KOZYR (6015-2000) With the St. Petersburg Submarine Club, Russia
25th BRIAN BITZER (2315-1992)

Members celebrating their birthdays in June include:

George Bush [left photo, center] and Gunther Holldorff

1st DON WISE (4821-1996)
5th ALBERT K. KNOBLICH (2563-1992)
12th Former President GEORGE BUSH (4116-1995)
14th TORLIEF NIESING (5060-1996)
15th GÜNTHER HOLLDORFF (207-1986) on U-416
16th FRANK RACZ (1471-1990)
17th MARK NORWINE (452-1988)
17th BOB WILEY (2393-C-1992) He rode USS SENNET
17th Rear Admiral VLADIMIR GRISHANOV (2533-1992), former Commander, Soviet Leningrad Naval District; and later in charge of Russian Navy ship building; now retired.
19th PAUL TOSCANO (3948-1994)
21st DETLEV ZIMMERMANN (247-LIFE-1987) he rode U-315, and is “Opa” to Harry’s kids.
21st JOHNNIE JOHNSON (4736-LIFE-1996)
22nd CARL REICHL (1197-LIFE-1989)
24th Captain THOMAS MALONEY (1415-LIFE-1990)
25th M/SGT LARRY HAGAN (3813-1994)
28th ARTHUR JACOBSON (2154-A/LIFE-1992)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY from our international family in 70 countries, and we wish you many, MANY MORE!


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