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RE: U-Boats at Corpus Cristi, TX in 1940
Posted by: Don Gerloff ()
Date: March 06, 2001 03:51PM

<HTML>Dear Rainer The story was sure believable in 1943 & 1944 when merchant ships were being towed in with big holes in them or ends missing but looking back 50 years, high sea shrimp purchases would have been very brazen in 1940. Thanks DG

Rainer Bruns wrote:
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Hi Don,
I do not think, I am going out on a limb here stating it is a nice story, but only a story. I do not believe there was an operational neccessity or directive for a German Uboat to be in the northwestern corner of the Gulf in 1940. Remember operation drumbeat was early \\\'42. Before that uboats were directed to other target areas to avoid conflicts with American forces and shipping. Rgds, RB</HTML>

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U-Boats at Corpus Cristi, TX in 1940 Don Gerloff 03/05/2001 08:21PM
RE: U-Boats at Corpus Cristi, TX in 1940 Rainer Bruns 03/05/2001 08:48PM
RE: U-Boats at Corpus Cristi, TX in 1940 Don Gerloff 03/06/2001 03:51PM
RE: U-Boats at Corpus Cristi, TX in 1940 Carl 03/06/2001 06:03PM
RE: U-Boats at Corpus Cristi, TX in 1940 vin 03/07/2001 07:54AM
RE: U-Boats at Corpus Cristi, TX in 1940 Ken Dunn 03/07/2001 02:17PM


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