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Section 25: The Lounge Subject: B-17 Sentimental Journey Msg# 937141
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I also had an opportunity to go through U505 as a kid. I was surprised at how tight the quarters were. John Wayne always seemed to have plenty of room when I watched him in submarine movies... 
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: I got to do the same thing in Chicago as a kid back in the 1950s. The German sub U505 was captured during the war and put on display as part of a museum near downtown on the lake shore. They had a small theater where you watched the capture take place and then the process of getting it to where it was displayed. You went in an entrance at one end, walked through and then walked out an exit at the other end of the boat. We even got to look through the infamous periscope. It was an imagination-supercharging experience for a kid interested in all things WWII!
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But, heck, WWII had only been over for a few years then and Korea was flaring up.