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You are right! He died in 1949.
source: http://opforsoldier.com/2005/09/olde...ing-world.html Your turn to ask, LeEnfield. |
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SS Robin Moor Wed. May 21, 1941 Unarmed U.S. freighter Robin Moor, en route to South Africa and Mozambique, is stopped and sunk by German submarine U-69 (torpedo and gunfire) about 700 miles off the west coast of Africa, 06¡10'N, 25¡40'W. Robin Moor--her nationality prominently reflected in the U.S. flags painted on her sides--is the first American merchantman sunk by a U-boat in World War II. There are no casualties among her 38-man crew and eight passengers, and U-69'scommanding officer, Kapitanleutnant Jost Metzler, provides the Americans with rations. Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/1941/ and http://history.acusd.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/atlantic3.html |
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