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Norme · 06-22-2012, 09:39 AM

Your right, Rich, this photo and others like it are a sort of graduation picture. They were taken on completion of what the Germans call infantry training and we call basic training. Torpedo men served on torpedo boats, of which there were several hundred in the Imperial German Navy. In addition to near suicidal attacks on larger more powerful vessels, they acted as the German equivalent of our Coast Guard. Regards, Norm

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06-22-2012, 09:39 AM	#4
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,417 Thanks: 226 Thanked 2,607 Times in 933 Posts	Your right, Rich, this photo and others like it are a sort of graduation picture. They were taken on completion of what the Germans call infantry training and we call basic training. Torpedo men served on torpedo boats, of which there were several hundred in the Imperial German Navy. In addition to near suicidal attacks on larger more powerful vessels, they acted as the German equivalent of our Coast Guard. Regards, Norm