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Had lunch with the neighbors today and the guy is a Pilot boat captain. Said he was a part of a Treasure hunting operation off the coast of Cape Cod for a ship that was sunk by a German U Boat. It was full of hundreds of million/Billion now of jewels and gold and other valuables.

I thought the guy was full of shit. There were no German U boats that came all the way across the Atlantic. So I thought. Did you guys know this. I usually know my history but this is the first I have EVER heard of it.

https://www.bostonharborbeacon.com/2012 ... l%20Harbor.

This movie was such a farce because everyone knew that there were no WWII enemies that attacked US soil right???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_KOLqpo7z8

I remember watching something on the History channel a while back about Destroyers hunting U-boats off the Gulf Coast

Sibelius Hindemith wrote: ↑

Wed May 08, 2024 9:12 pm

I remember watching something on the History channel a while back about Destroyers hunting U-boats off the Gulf Coast

So Crazy because we all have heard about Pearl Harbor a million times but NEVER heard about his operation that took out more Allied ships than Pearl Harbor??? Just insane to me.

I knew that there was a lot of action in the St. Lawrence and up and down the Gaspe peninsula and around Anticosti island. U-boats routinely patrolled these waters and sank all kinds of vessels. I only know that because it’s close to where I grew up, and it somehow figured into my high school history classes. I remember being told that by the end of WW II, Canada had one of the largest navies in the world.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_ ... ._Lawrence

And let’s not forget the class Steven Spielberg movie 1941 with John Belushi - the premise of which was a Japanese sub wreaking havoc on Santa Barbara.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941_(film)

The events were loosely based in an actual attach by a Japanese sub in WW II.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Ellwood

Big_Maple wrote: ↑

Wed May 08, 2024 10:01 pm

And let’s not forget the class Steven Spielberg movie 1941 with John Belushi - the premise of which was a Japanese sub wreaking havoc on Santa Barbara.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941_(film)

The events were loosely based in an actual attach by a Japanese sub in WW II.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Ellwood

You saw I linked the trailer above right?

D-train wrote: ↑

Wed May 08, 2024 8:29 pm

This movie was such a farce because everyone knew that there were no WWII enemies that attacked US soil right???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_KOLqpo7z8

Whoops - I referenced this movie before I clicked on by his link. Sorry D-T. It was classic Belushi. And Ackroyd.

Germans, eh? Nuff said.