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Re: On board cigarette and alcohol consumption
Posted by:
Paul Lawton
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Date: August 25, 2021 12:48AM
Hello Gentlemen,
According to the formerly confidential: "Report on events at Portsmouth Navy yard in connection with the surrender of German submarines U-234, U-805, U-873, and U-1228, from Jack H. Alberti to Capt. John L. Riheldaffer, USN (Ret.). 22 May 1945, and other associated reports regarding so-called "allegations of serious irregularities involving the handling of the [German] prisoners [including but not limited to] extensive looting [of the prisoners' personal property]...drunkenness amongst the guards on the [German] submarines," etc..."All four boats carried large quantities of liquor. Up to 21 May only U-805 had bee completely stripped of movable gear. According to the Captain of U-234 (Kl Johann-Heinrick Fehler), this boat originally carried approximately 900 bottles of liquor..." According to a late friend of mine who took part in the U.S. Navy Surrender Group, there was some hard liquor aboard the boats, but he believed mots of that cargo had been liter bottles of mostly Becks beer.
Regards,
Paul Lawton
According to the formerly confidential: "Report on events at Portsmouth Navy yard in connection with the surrender of German submarines U-234, U-805, U-873, and U-1228, from Jack H. Alberti to Capt. John L. Riheldaffer, USN (Ret.). 22 May 1945, and other associated reports regarding so-called "allegations of serious irregularities involving the handling of the [German] prisoners [including but not limited to] extensive looting [of the prisoners' personal property]...drunkenness amongst the guards on the [German] submarines," etc..."All four boats carried large quantities of liquor. Up to 21 May only U-805 had bee completely stripped of movable gear. According to the Captain of U-234 (Kl Johann-Heinrick Fehler), this boat originally carried approximately 900 bottles of liquor..." According to a late friend of mine who took part in the U.S. Navy Surrender Group, there was some hard liquor aboard the boats, but he believed mots of that cargo had been liter bottles of mostly Becks beer.
Regards,
Paul Lawton