Robert C. Richardson III
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Robert Charlwood Richardson III was an American military officer of the United States Army Air Corps, and subsequently the United States Air Force, eventually attaining the rank of brigadier general.
Richardson in his P-47 Thunderbolt
Richardson as a West Point cadet in 1939
Principal Atlantic air transport and ferrying routes, 1943
RMS Laconia
Werner Hartenstein
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Werner Hartenstein was a German naval officer during World War II who commanded the U-boat U-156. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, the highest award in the military and para
Robert C. Richardson III
…found four U-boats displaying the Red Cross flag engaged in rescue operations from the sinking of Laconia. U-boat U-156 commander, Lieutenant Commander Werner Hartenstein, had secured permission to conduct rescue operations after discovering that the ship he had just torpedoed, RMS Laconia, carried 1,800 Italian prisoners…
Werner Hartenstein with KC
torpedo boat Jaguar
The heavily damaged USS Blakeley
U-156 (foreground) and U-507 (background) on 15 September 1942