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RE: U-boats and Maine Coast (USA)
Posted by: Tom ()
Date: July 30, 2001 08:39PM

<HTML>Thanks for the reply!

I don\'t think the \"Germans\" were \"rude\" to the folks who have described the events to me, just not interested in socializing. I have found a few reports to the Coast Guard of a U-Boat very near that time and place. The CG responded and even thought they may have sunk it, but so many stories, so little ability to prove/disprove.

Many, many people saw the boat, including my mother, aunt, grandparents, etc. I wonder if they could have mistaken it for a US boat, though there would have been no reason for a US boat to be there. Hmmm...

There is another story of an American friend of mine visiting Germany and meeting a former U-boater who described Peakes Island out in Casco Bay in some detail. He claimed to have landed there in 1943 looked around, and reported back to the boat. He hadn\'t been to America since but his description of Peakes was accurate.

I\'ll let the group know if Germany finds anything.

Thanks again!

Tom

walter M wrote:
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That\\\'s a nice legend because the Germans may be rude but not uneducated or fool. Since the end of Napoleonic wars the navigation language was and still is English and so the KM Officers could always communicate with their opponents. Moreover German agents would never use their own language while on mission. The papers at the Yacht Club most likely are war trophies.
Greetings
walter m </HTML>

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U-boats and Maine Coast (USA) Tom 07/29/2001 11:44PM
RE: U-boats and Maine Coast (USA) Robin Edwards 07/30/2001 01:12AM
RE: U-boats and Maine Coast (USA) Capt. George W. Duffy 07/30/2001 05:48PM
RE: U-boats and Maine Coast (USA) Tom 07/30/2001 07:32PM
RE: U-boats and Maine Coast (USA) walter M 07/30/2001 08:09PM
RE: U-boats and Maine Coast (USA) Tom 07/30/2001 08:39PM
RE: U-boats and Maine Coast (USA) walter M 07/30/2001 09:24PM
RE: U-boats and Maine Coast (USA) Rich Mickle 07/30/2001 11:21PM
RE: U-boats and Maine Coast (USA) Walt 07/31/2001 10:21AM
Bath Iron Works AL Wellman 07/31/2001 06:02PM
RE: U-boats and Maine Coast (USA) Captain George W. Duffy 07/30/2001 10:37PM
RE: U-boats and Maine Coast (USA) J.G.Wilson 07/30/2001 11:07PM
RE: U-boats and Maine Coast (USA) Capt. George W. Duffy 07/30/2001 11:34PM
RE: U-boats and Maine Coast (USA) Steve 08/01/2001 01:05AM
RE: U-boats and Maine Coast (USA) Chris Lee 08/01/2001 03:19AM
RE: U-boats and Maine Coast (USA) Steve 08/01/2001 09:23AM
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