The President's Corner

Two Fantastic “Patrols”!

by Harry Cooper


Two Fantastic “Patrols”!

We aren’t going to put a lot of photos and lengthy trip reports here in this issue of our KTB Magazine, since most people now have computers and can go to our website www.sharkhunters.com and look for themselves – but we will tell you that these two ‘Patrols’ were among the very best EVER by Sharkhunters. Cover photos:

    upper left - the ladies selling ‘korn’ at Ulrichsbergfest;
    upper right – the dozens of veterans on the farm;
    lower left – we are deep underground in Großadmiral Dönitz’s command bunker, and we are the first group EVER in here since the end of the war;
    lower right – Captains von Bülow and Brünig with us.

Here is what STEVE SHOCK (2213-A/LIFE-1992) wrote after being with us on our “Patrol in South Germany and Austria”:

    "The history and culture I experienced left me speechless.  There really are no words.  From standing on the speaker's platform at the Zeppelinfeld to having our group not only recognized but present as personal guests at the event with Dr. Haider was a once-in-a-lifetime experience that could only be arranged by Sharkhunters.  I wish more of the group understood the magnitude of that major historical event.  Dr. Haider is the highest placed right-minded politician on earth and being there to see him expand his influence will hopefully end up as the most important event we will ever have been a part of.  Hopefully on par with being in Philadelphia in 1776 or in München in 1933.  I can say thank you, but that doesn't even scratch the surface of how I feel.  After a lifetime of studying Germany and its history, this almost felt like I was coming home after a lifetime away.

    The only words I have are - See you next year."

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


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