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Monday, July 26, 2010
Daily Factoid
On 25 August 1939 U-23 left Wilhelmshaven for the North Sea carrying magnetic mines. On 3 September 1939 she was ordered to make haste for the Humber Estuary and sew the shipping channels with her mines though before she could lay any mines after arriving in the estuary that night, she received an immediate recall order and returned to base.
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Wilhelmshaven
Charles McCain is a lifelong student of World War Two. He grew up in South Carolina and is a graduate of Tulane University. An Honorable German is his first novel. After surviving a bout with cancer 2 1/2 years ago, Mr. McCain is at work on several writing projects. He lives in Washington, DC.
