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In 86 days, she traveled to the west coast of Africa, where she sank her first vessels. In less than one month, U-505 sank four ships: British Benmohr, Norwegian Sydhav, American West Irmo, and Dutch Alphacca for a total of 25,041 GRT. On 18 April, U-505 was attacked by an Allied aircraft in the mid-Atlantic, but suffered little damage. [8]
Peter Zschech (1 October 1918 – 24 October 1943) was the second commander of the German submarine U-505.He earned notoriety as the first commanding officer to commit suicide while in active command of a naval vessel, [disputed – discuss] as well as the only submariner to ever do so while underwater.
Zenon B. Lukosius (August 24, 1918 – August 12, 2006) was an American World War II veteran who was a member of the U.S. Navy crew that captured the German submarine U-505, in 1944. This was the first time that the US Navy had captured an enemy ship since the nineteenth century.
Can we imagine ourselves back on that awful day in the summer of 2010, in the hot firefight that went on for nine hours? Men frenzied with exhaustion and reckless exuberance, eyes and throats burning from dust and smoke, in a battle that erupted after Taliban insurgents castrated a young boy in the village, knowing his family would summon nearby Marines for help and the Marines would come ...
Although he found the sea flooding into the U-boat, David remained below directing the initial salvage operations—aware that at any moment the submersible could blow up or sink. Men from Guadalcanal arrived soon thereafter to aid in the battle to keep U-505 afloat, and David remained on board directing the salvage operations. As a result of ...
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On 9 January 2020, 2WEI presented, as an association with Edda Hayes and Blur Studio, a version of the song Warriors by Imagine Dragons, as the soundtrack of the music video to promote the 2020 season of League of Legends. On May 24, 2023, the track "Echoes" was used for the PlayStation Showcase final trailer, concluding the presentation.