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Re: Funeral at sea
Posted by: Stan Norcom ()
Date: November 23, 2015 03:38AM

This may help somewhat.

U-156 lost seaman Businger after a misfire of the 105 mm deck cannon.
From the log book he was buried at sea at 6:30 pm on the 16 February 1942.
The captain of U-156,Hartenstein "intoned the Lord's Prayer, the crew sang
"I Had a Comrade" and Businger was "delivered to the sea with full military honors".
This was after an attack on the Lago Oil Refinery in Aruba at 1:30 am 16 February.

Stan

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Funeral at sea markos88 08/06/2015 09:14PM
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Re: Funeral at sea markos88 08/18/2015 12:10AM
Re: Funeral at sea Stan Norcom 11/23/2015 03:38AM
Re: Funeral at sea markos88 11/23/2015 11:07PM
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