Members celebrating their birthdays in January include:

1st Major General PYOTR BARABOLYA (1936-1991), Chairman of the Peace to the Oceans Committee
3rd Admiral MARIO BAROGLIO (1048-1989) Italian submarine Skipper
9th JULIANNE HESS (621-1988) Daughter of H-G HESS
9th JOACHIM LUX (1905-1991) Franciscan friar
9th MIKE LEACH (4145-1995)
13th RICHARD EATON (5501-1998)
13th MILTON HAYNES (5681-1998) 3rd Armored Division
16th D. L. MICHAELSON (1060-1989)
20th GÜNTHER HEINRICH (1945-LIFE-1991) Skipper of U-960, the last U-Boat to successfully penetrate Gibraltar
20th ERNIE MYETTE (3945-1994) USN Veteran
21st JOE McCULLOUGH (4963-C/LIFE-1996)
22nd IGOR KURDIN (6015-2000) DELTA IV Skipper

Members celebrating their birthdays in February include:

1st RODNEY DAVIS (5318-A/LIFE-1997)
6th BOB PANAZZE (457-1988)
6th President RONALD REAGAN (1858-1991)
10th MICHAEL deCOLIGNY (3732-1994)
15th PAUL ADAMS (5520-LIFE-1998)
19th MARC COHEN (166-A/LIFE-1986) USN Seabee
20th LARRY KAGAN (5053-1996) Breaker of Traditions

Members celebrating their birthdays in March include:

1st PHIL BRAUN (2229-2000)
2nd “Torpedoman” MIKE AMMANN (424-1988)
3rd BETH SCHIMOLER (129-C-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 EVGENI ALEKSEEV (2549-1992) Main Staff, Russian Navy (Ret)
15th JOSEPH P. BERKEY (5123-1997) Veteran USS WASP (CV-7)
15th HERBERT MATSEN (5683-1998)
17th ANDREW J. BABAJKO (3506-1994) He rode USS DOGFISH, SPIKEFISH & THREADFIN
18th KK REINHARD HARDEGEN (102-LIFE-1985) C.O. of U-147 & U-123, decorated with the Knights Cross with Oak Leaf. Known as the “Drumbeater” because he was on station off the American coast first during Operation ‘Drumbeat’ and he is the only ‘Drumbeat” Skipper still living. At age 90, he is still in great physical shape and is known to enjoy a round of golf now and then.
18th Sgt. Major KEN ROUSE (1252-1989) USA (Ret)
18th Admiral VITALI IVANOV (2530-1992) Commandant of the Russian Naval Academy (Ret)
19th LARRY HAGENAH (1232-C/LIFE-1989)
21st GEORGE E. BROWN (3078-1993)
25th LEONARD PORTZLINE (1094-1989)
25th ARTHUR HUNTLEY (2283-1992) Radioman on the destroyer escort USS F. C. DAVIS when she was sunk by U-546 under command of PAUL JUST (206-+-1986). Until his recent death, JUST and his wife kept a camper trailer on HUNTLEY’s property and spent winters in America with his former enemy.
26th Cdr. NORMAN BENEDICT (3797-LIFE-1994)
30th BUD DANA (245-A/LIFE-1987) Videographer and probably the world’s foremost expert on the tunnels and bunkers built by Germany in World War II.
31st WOLDEMAR “Bobby” TRIEBEL (197-LIFE-1986) I.W.O. on U-978

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