HANS-GUNTHER LANGE (1916-April 3, 2014)
German U-boat officer and Kapitanlieutenant with Kriegsmarine during World War II. Received Knight's Cross of Iron Cross with the Oak Leaf.
On the U-431 from December 15, 1941 to June 30, 1942 and was on three war patrols in the Mediterranean. The U-711 was under his command 17 Feb 1945 when it sank the HMS Bluebell.
The U-711 was damaged during Operation Judgement and sunk. The wreck of it was located in 2007.
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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