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Re: American Prisoners on U-Boat ?
Posted by: JerseyDavid ()
Date: July 28, 2007 10:30AM

Ken Dunn Wrote:
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>
> In one unusual case, Archie Gibbs an American
> merchant seaman was rescued by U-126 (Bauer) after
> U-126 sank his ship and kept onboard for a few
> days because there was no lifeboat to put him in.
> Bauer later stopped a neutral vessel by firing a
> shot across her bow and set Gibbs free rather than
> taking him back to France. This happened in
> 1942.
>
>

Didn't U-123 do something similar, or is that entirely my imagination?

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American Prisoners on U-Boat ? Paul tjader 07/26/2007 11:43PM
Re: American Prisoners on U-Boat ? Ken Dunn 07/27/2007 01:29AM
Re: American Prisoners on U-Boat ? Capt. George W. Duffy 07/27/2007 02:38PM
Re: American Prisoners on U-Boat ? Rainer 07/27/2007 03:43PM
Re: American Prisoners on U-Boat ? paul tjader 07/27/2007 09:46PM
Re: American Prisoners on U-Boat ? JerseyDavid 07/28/2007 10:30AM
Re: American Prisoners on U-Boat ? Ken Dunn 07/28/2007 01:41PM
Re: American Prisoners on U-Boat ? Roger 07/28/2007 02:29PM
Re: American Prisoners on U-Boat ? Ken Dunn 07/28/2007 03:18PM
Re: American Prisoners on U-Boat ? Roger 07/29/2007 08:00PM
Re: American Prisoners on U-Boat ? Ken Dunn 07/29/2007 08:48PM
Re: American Prisoners on U-Boat ? JerseyDavid 07/28/2007 03:17PM
Re: American Prisoners on U-Boat ? Jim Duffy 09/09/2007 03:45PM
Re: American Prisoners on U-Boat ? Ken Dunn 09/09/2007 03:53PM
Re: American Prisoners on U-Boat ? Jim Duffy 09/09/2007 04:33PM
Re: American Prisoners on U-Boat ? Ken Dunn 09/09/2007 08:41PM
Re: American Prisoners on U-Boat ? Jim Duffy 09/09/2007 09:05PM
Re: American Prisoners on U-Boat ? fregatte 09/10/2007 02:01PM
Re: American Prisoners on U-Boat ? Bruce Dennis 07/29/2007 09:01PM
Re: American Prisoners on U-Boat ? Murray 10/02/2007 04:08PM


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