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Originally Posted by davestlouis
The movie was filmed in 1980 and 81, not that it matters either way, but they also commented on those sub pens being just about impossible to destroy...walls are 6 meters thick. I have been reading Black May, a book about how the tide turned against the u-boats...fascinating reading.
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My dad graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in May 1941. His first duty station was on the cutter North Star, in Greenland. The Greenland Patrol was formed in June 1941. He was in the war before we were at war.
Some history.
http://books.google.com/books?id=T5A9LCujs08C&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&dq=greenland+us+coast&source=bl&ots=G7-jIrhZ-W&sig=OF47IIxWV8mKFAb7hzv6eAG6D9A&hl=en&ei=rJwXTZ_QOI-t8AbC6MjmDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&sqi=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=greenland%20us%20coast&f=false
After briefly going to Hatteras Minefield Patrol in March 42, he returned to Boston and became skipper of a 110' Subchaser. He put her in commission in June 42 and off to Greenland for another year with the "528".
http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/150527.htm
This is what they looked like. The "Splinter Fleet"
http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/150528.htm