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Re: Otto Kretschmer Diamonds or No Diamonds
Posted by: Rodney Martin ()
Date: March 27, 2004 03:01PM

Some of you may find it interesting that Kretschmer was awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords during a ceremony in an English POW camp. According to Volkmar Koenig, Midshipman aboard U-99 when it was captured, it was quite the ceremony.

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Otto Kretschmer Diamonds or No Diamonds Andrew Eastwood 03/25/2004 06:42AM
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