Anthony Dauer wrote:
> Considering the level of panic that it would create
... I can see why.
You might think that...but you'd be wrong. People knew that
ships were being sunk in the Gulf by U-boats; the papers
carried that news, just as they carried the news of other
American defeats. If people don't remember that today, it's
due more to history being poorly and improperly taught rather
than to a lack of information at the time of the
sinkings.
Take a spin through any Texas or Louisiana newspaper for 1942
and 1943 and you'll find articles on the U-boats in the
Gulf.
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
owner-rara-avis@icomm.ca [mailto:
owner-rara-avis@icomm.ca]On
> Behalf Of Pat Zeitoun
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 2:10 PM
> To:
rara-avis@icomm.ca
> Subject: RARA-AVIS: James Lee Burke/ U Boats in the
Gulf of Mexico
>
> Lynn and Jess,
>
> Having lived on the Gulf Coast or Florida all of my
life, I wonder why this
> business of U Boats sinking tankers is so little
known. Of course we heard
> of German subs being sunk, and have known there were
sub wreckage off of
> Galveston, here in Texas. Was information about subs
and U Boats being so
> active and apparently successful, kept from the
American public at the time?
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