On 29 November, 1944, U-1230 disembarked two German spies (Gimpel & Colepaugh) on Sunset Ledge. Their mission was to gather technical information on the American war effort for transmission back to Germany.
They hiked 6 km up Point Road to U.S.1 where they caught a cab to Bangor and then a train New York city. They had already attracted attention because of their clothing, inappropriate for November in Maine.
After living the high life for a month they were apprehended, tried and sentenced to death. No information was sent back to Germany. President Truman later commuted the sentences and the would-be spies survived WW2. Operation 'Magpie' was an abject failure.
krenek: pleasse install it back to the bottom the page, thanks!
Aug 22, 2022 17:04:07 GMT
tek: I am to completely disable it
Aug 22, 2022 16:54:37 GMT
tek: But when one scrolls down to the bottom of the page, what they see must be the true bottom of the forum page, not a chatbox.
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tek: Does it not collapse when you want it to collapse?
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Walter_V_R: I second that. It is annoying to have this Shoutbox floating around in the middle of the text you want to read.
Aug 22, 2022 10:28:13 GMT
krenek: can you please put it back where it was, at the bottom of the screen ...much better imho
Aug 22, 2022 7:58:08 GMT
krenek: few people use it
Aug 22, 2022 7:57:03 GMT
krenek: 1) this shoutbox is much too much intrusive
Aug 22, 2022 7:56:52 GMT
tek: This one is sizable, too. Move mouse to the left of the blue title bar, and so on...
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