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The German U-boat captured the day I was born, two days before D-Day

The German U-boat U-505 was captured two days before D-Day, also the day I was born. 
The captured U-505, flying an American flag, taken under tow by fleet tug USS Abnaki. Special Collections & Archives Division, Nimitz Library, U.S. Naval Academy
If you’ve been through the German sub at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, this is its fascinating story. Especially its trip through the St. Lawrence Seaway through the Great Lakes and across several lanes of Chicago traffic!
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