From the August 12, 2021, Bangor (Maine) Daily News "How a brief encounter at Schoodic Point bridged both sides of World War II" by R.J. Heller, Down East contributor.
He had a chance encounter with a man back in 1989 at this spot at Acadia National Park, near Bar Harbor, Maine. Sadly, he didn't get the other man's name.
"It sure looks different from here," he said. He had been on a German U-boat near the end of the War in Europe and viewing this spot from out at sea. Heller asked him when the last time was that he had been there. The reply was 1945.
He was a 20-year-old on a submarine off Maine's coast in this general vicinity. He laughed, saying: "They really never told us much, where we were or even where we were going, but I know it was somewhere out there."
The mission constantly changed from day to day, he recalled. He remembered maneuvers set and suddenly altered. The boat's course constantly changed. "We weren't even sure sometimes what day it was," he said with a smile.
Sure Wish He Had Gotten the Man's Name. --GreGen
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