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Their garrison commander, Captain Lut, ramrod-stiff and shaven-pated U-boat skipper, boasted openly of his high score-110,000 tons of Allied shipping-and usually added: "The next time I will do better...
...Said a German U-boat skipper, surrendering his ship at Portsmouth, N.H. (see WORLD BATTLEFRONTS): "There's no difference between a German and a Nazi. A Nazi is a good German and a good German is a Nazi...
Before the submarine was unloaded, bemonocled General Kessler thoughtfully read a book entitled After the War-What? by American Author Preston Slosson. Crew members were ordered by U.S. guards to keep their arms folded as they came into port. Kapitänleutnant Johann Fehler, the U-boat's skipper, protested indignantly to Coast Guard Lieut. Charles Winslow that "your men treated us like gangsters." Growled Winslow: "That's what...
...Earl of Gillenwater, who used to spend his time in drawing rooms, now is seen only as the heroic pilot of a Wellington or skipper of the Marlborough. The metamorphosis of Noel Coward left a big pair of shoes unfilled until Clive Brook stepped...
...Navy doctors knew there was no chance for Sergeant Charles Carter Anderson Jr., U.S.M.C.; he would never see the sun again. Sixteen hours after the young marine had been brought aboard, he died. His death certificate was filled out and sent to the captain of the ship. Grimly the skipper signed it: Captain Charles Carter Anderson, U.S.N...