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By *A $3.8 million federal grant will enable the Charleston County Sheriff's Office to buy key equipment to better safeguard the port *While state and local officials work to close and redevelop the Port of Port Royal, the federal government has awarded $182,080 to bring the ailing terminal's lighting up to new security standards *Fired Pensacola Beach senior lifeguard can return to work on March 1 in a lesser position Dear mr.Mackenzie, I have seen your site, it's very interesting, and completed !! Thanks for your site. I have one questions : I'm very interesting to the boat of Wilhelm Gustloff, I'm write from Italy, and I would know if there is some nice Photo Book of this Boat. I had seach on Internet Boook Shop, but I don't have see any of this Book. Can you help me or advise me if there are some of these books ? Do you know how I found some Italian military or some Italian People on this Boat ? There is a complete list of this tragedy ? Thanks a lot for your information and for your time. Massimiliano Canossa
I do not know of any Book of Photographs about Wilhelm Gustloff, but I will list five sites for you, just click on each one, to see both photographs and a story about the ship. In all, they will give you as good a record of the ship that I am aware of. As so many people crowded onto the ship before it sailed, and then thousands died that night, the authorities had no way of recording just who was on board, and who died. A complete list just does not exist. Did you find some Italian people who sailed in her? Here are the five sites with information about Wilhelm Gustloff. 1. http://www.feldgrau.com/wilhelmgustloff.html 3. http://www.oceanliner.com/spec9.htm 4. http://community.webshots.com/album/49956507gaTnYga 5. http://www.mboring.com/wilhelm-gustloff/wgphotos-01.html I do trust that these links are of some help in your quest for information on this tragic sinking, which was the worst disaster at sea for a single vessel in Maritime History. With best wishes from Australia, if you have any more questions, I will try to help, just ask. Mackenzie ( my first name ) Gregory. Hi Leigh, Do you have video footage of your dive ( s ) on U767? if so would it be possible for me to get a copy of your film please? I would naturally defray any costs including airmailing to me in Australia. Are you taking a break from all your diving over Christmas? we are driving from Melbourne to Sydney about 500 miles is involved to spent that time with Denise's 4 sons and the 6 grandchildren. Your finding of, and photos of Vandal must have been rewarding. Have a lovely Christmas, and best wishes for a very productive 2004. Mac. Gregory. Hello Leigh, We need to amend the details about the lone survivor from U-767 on your site. Clay Blair in his Hitler's U Boat War The Hunted 1942-1945. Random House, New York, 1998. at page 589 reported that the only survivor of the 51 crew from U767 was a stoker Walter Schenietenknop, who escaped through a torpedo tube. That is what I gave to you and you added to your site. I have been in correspondence with Walter's son in law in Vancouver Canada, and Dave has given me the bare bones of Walter's escape, who does not have E-Mail, and is not into writing letters. Dave says that Walter was an electrician, whose main duty was at the fuse panel in the engine room of the boat, perhaps that is how Clay reported Walter to be a stoker. He made his escape through a narrow torpedo loading hatch which he managed to unclip, wearing his escape apparatus he made his way from 230 feet where the U-Boat was sitting on the bottom to the surface. Could you please set the record straight on your site now we have the true facts from the survivor himself.? I have posed a number of questions to Walter through Dave amongst them: Do I have Walter's consent to publish his story on the web? Should he answer my questions and give his OK, I will share it all with you, and will probably have enough to write a small piece about his amazing escape back in 1944. Leigh, I wish you and your team the Season's Greetings and Good Hunting and Diving in 2004. Mac. Gregory.
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