Comments on: Jamaica: U-boats, Rum, and Refugees http://www.historynet.com/jamaica-u-boats-rum-and-refugees.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 18 May 2013 23:40:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Eric Wiberg http://www.historynet.com/jamaica-u-boats-rum-and-refugees.htm#comment-819771 Eric Wiberg Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:04:40 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684862#comment-819771 Very intersting article, thank you. Two clarifications - 1) German (and Italian) submarines did not come to the Caribbean, or at least arrive there until 1942. 2)_There are no proven instances of Germans going ashore in the Caribbean during WWII. They landed an injured comrade off Martinique, shelled Aruba, mined San Juan, penetrated the harbors of Port of Spain and in St. Lucia. But so far as I know they did not carouse ashore. A letter I have from the author of IRON COFFINS, Herbert Werner, corroborates that U-Boat sailors would never have done so (there were saboteurs landed in Florida and NY however). Trust this clarifies, Eric / www.uboatsbahamas.com Very intersting article, thank you.

Two clarifications – 1) German (and Italian) submarines did not come to the Caribbean, or at least arrive there until 1942.

2)_There are no proven instances of Germans going ashore in the Caribbean during WWII. They landed an injured comrade off Martinique, shelled Aruba, mined San Juan, penetrated the harbors of Port of Spain and in St. Lucia. But so far as I know they did not carouse ashore. A letter I have from the author of IRON COFFINS, Herbert Werner, corroborates that U-Boat sailors would never have done so (there were saboteurs landed in Florida and NY however).

Trust this clarifies, Eric / http://www.uboatsbahamas.com

]]> By: graham alcock http://www.historynet.com/jamaica-u-boats-rum-and-refugees.htm#comment-801089 graham alcock Thu, 10 May 2012 19:45:13 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684862#comment-801089 Hi my father was RSM for Sir Winston Churchills visit - was it in 1953. he is pictured on a colonial film taken at the time. I lived with my parents for three years in Jamaica Hi my father was RSM for Sir Winston Churchills visit – was it in 1953. he is pictured on a colonial film taken at the time. I lived with my parents for three years in Jamaica

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