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ruba Esso News + I =: VOL. 23, Special Issue PUBLISHED BY LAGO OIL & TRANSPORT CO., LTD. February 16, 1962 1 fy The roar of destruction shattered the E boroto di destruccion a rompe e nochi quiet night. An explosion-ripped tanker silencioso, Un tankero habri door di ex- spewed forth flaming crude oil. Crewmen plosion tabata scupi crudo na candela. Tri- screamed in fire-enveloped quarters. Some pulantenan tabata grita den cabinanan na scrambled to lifeboats. Others flung them- candela. Algun tabata haci esfuerzo pa selves into the water. Many died, It was yega na e botonan salbabida. Otro tabata 0131, Feb. 16, 1942. World War II had been U-156 Hopi a muri. Tabata Brought War tira nan mes na awa. brought to Aruba by the German Reich 0131, Feb. 16, 1942. Guerra Mundial II a Navy U-boat 156, Kapitanleutnant Werner worde treci Aruba door di U-156, un sub- Hartenstein, commanding To Aruba marino Aleman, cu Kapitanleutnant Werner Feb. 16,1942 Hartenstein como comandante. The U-156 was commissioned Sept. 4, 1941. Tradition, so much a part of all world E U-156 a worde tuma na servicio Sept. cere- navies, constituted the pomp in the 4, 1941. Tradicion, asina tanto un parti di monies in which a full-dressed Hartenstein tur forza naval na mundo, tabata constitui took over the command of the submarine 1 mayor parti di e ceremonianan den cual at while his full-dres: crew stood rigidly un Hartenstein den pleno uniform a tuma cere- attention on the v l’s deck. The over comando di e submarino mientras su yards mony took place in Bremen in the tripulacion, tambe den pleno uniform, ta- Company. It of the Weser Shipbuilding bata para na atencion ariba dek. E cere- was a green crew the submarine comman- monia a tuma lugar na Bremen na astil- der addre d. The crew knew this, and leria di Weser Shipbuilding Company. Ta- knew there would be many months of in- bata un tripulacion berde cu cual e coman- a tensive training ahead administered by dante tabata papia. E tripulacion tabata strict disciplinarian and an excellent sea- sabi esaki, y tabata sabi cu dilanti nan lo 1928 man whose naval career had begun in tin hopi luna di entrenamento intensivo ad- as a member of the German Weimar Repu- ministra door di un disciplinario stricto y bliec Navy. un excelente marinero, kende su carera new crew who There were men in the naval a cuminza na 1928 como miembro di He was an unrelenting d Hartenstein. German Weimar Republic Navy. To him accomplishment was Tabatin homber entre e tripulantenan cu fact, the means incidental. Hard- matter of tabatin temor di Hartenstein. El] tabata un ly dignified, but indicative of his agressive trahador sin compasion. Pe acomplecimento charac ter, was the "Crazy Dog” nickname tabata lo mas importante, e medionan no his crew later gave him. He was neither tabata importa. No mucho digno, pero in- tall, nor stocky. His was a wiry, slight but dicativo di su caracter agresivo, tabata e solid frame that he unfailingly held erect. nomber di ’’Caché Loco” cu su tripulacion His posture was a manifestation of the a dune’le despues. El no tabata ni grandi, man’s mien: proper and correct. Harten- ni chikito. El tabatin un curpa sdlido cu na stein never married; he was wedded to the tur momento sea which occupied fifteen of his thirty- el tabata tene erecto, Su pos- tura tabata un manifestacion di three ars and finally claimed his life. disposicion The German commander had been an artil- di e homber: propio y correcto. Hartenstein Kapitanleutnant Werner lery officer aboard heavy naval craft. At Hartenstein Leutnant Dietrich A. von dem Borne no a casa nunca; el tabata mara na lamar the beginning of World War II, he was Commander - U-boat 156 First Watch Officer - U-boat 156 cu a ocupa diez-cinco di su trinta y tres anja y finalmente transferred to the command of the sub- a reclama su bida. E co- mandante Aleman chaser Jaguar. He earned the Iron Cross, tabata un oficial di ar- first and second class, and the German tileria a bordo di barconan pisd. Na prin- Cross in Gold before entering the under- cipio di Guerra Mundial II el a worde trans- water service. The U-156 was his first sub- feri pa comanda e cazador di submarino marine command. Jaguar, El a gana e Cruz di Hero den Oro Out from Bremen glided the U-156 des- promer cu el a drenta servicio bao awa. tined for Kiel and much training for the U-156 tabata su promer comando over di crew in between. The training was geared submarino. to the Spartan simplicity of submarine For di Bremen U-156 a sali destina pa lite, Everything that could happen in battle Kiel y hopi entrenamento na camina. E en- was simulated. The crew learned about trenamento tabata segun e simplicidad their boat, and they also became well Spartano di bida submarino. Tur loke por aware, if they hadn't before, that Harten- socede den combate a worde simula. E tri- stein accepted nothing less than perfection. pulacion a sinja conoce nan barco, y tambe They operated without lights: water was nan a gana e bon realizacion, si ainda nan allowed in through a breech; they exper- no tabatin ne, cu Hartenstein no tabata ienced engine failures; they had pump fail- acepta nada menos cu perfeccion. Nan ta- ures; they simulated diving and surfacing bata opera sin luz; awa tabata bini aden control loss. Every battle action that a door di un buraco; nan a experimenta fayo submarine could expect was practiced over di motor; nan tabatin fayo di pomp; nan a and over. Often the crew did not know simula perdida di control den bahamento y whether it was real or another drill. More subimento. Tur accion di combate cu un often the crew grumbled about "Crazy submarino por experimenta a worde prac- Dog” Hartenstein. ticaé cada vez di nobo. Hopi vez e tripula- The officers were experienced. All were cion no tabata sabi cu tabata real of sola- not steeped in submarine service, but were mente un otre ehercicio. Frecuentemente e qualified men with interesting back- tripulacion tabata grunja tocante e ’Caché grounds. Lt, Just joined the German Luft- Loco” Hartenstein. waffe in 1936, and before entering the sub- E oficialnan tabatin experiencia. Tur no marine service in 1941 had flown 160 raids m : ave tabata cushi den servicio submarino, pero over The first U-156 the British Isles. Von dem Borne, torpedo broke the Pedernales’ back, set her afire, but never sank the laker. tabata hombernan cualificd cu fondo inte- Berlin-born son of a World War I German E promer resante. Just a bini cerca Forza Aerea Ale- torpedo di U-156 a kibra lombra di Pedernales, pero no a vice admiral and chief of staff, had been on logra sink e tankero. man na 1936, y promer cu el a drenta ser- mine laying ships and destroyers before he vicio submarino na 1941 el a bula 160 mi- was assigned to the U-156. His mine laying sion over di Islanan Ingles. Von dem Borne, sallies took him around the Shetland Is- naci na Berlin y yiu di un vice almirante lands and into the mouth of the den Guerra Mundial I y hefe di River estado, Thames. tabata ariba bapornan di planta mina y By mid-December, 1941, Hartenstein con- destroyers promer cu el a worde asigna na cluded that he had a crew and a ship that e U-156. Su trabao di planta mina a hibe’le could withstand the rigors of a minor rond di Shetland Islands y te den boca di patrol. Christmas Eve, the U-156 slid away U-Boat 156 Rio Thames. from her berth A in Kiel Trece and travelled north- Pa mei-mei di December 1941 Harten- east through the Kiel Canal to the North stein a conclui cu el tabatin un tripulacion Sea. Hartenstein’s orders were to proceed y barco cu por wanta e rigornan di un pa- up the Skagerrak to the vicinity of Larvik, trulla menor, Bispo di Pascu, e U-156 a slip a Norwegian Guerra seaport, Na and Aruba engage British for di su lugar di mara na Kiel y a viaja movements, Stormy seas precluded offen- noordoost door di e canal di Kiel pa Noord- sive action. Hartenstein’s annoyance at not zee. E instruccionnan di Hartenstein tabata being able to strike Allied craft flushed pa sigui ariba Skagerak te den vecindario full within him. He could not accept with di Larvik, un puerto Norwega, y tuma e indifference worthless ventures or endea- Inglesnan aden. Lamar bruto a preveni ac- cion ofensivo. E rabia di Hartenstein cu no ARUBA ESSO NEWS February 16, 1962 TWENTY YEARS AGO U-156 was one of four submarines of the Neuland Group assigned to the Feb. 16 Antilles-Lake Maracaibo strike Burning oil from the Pedernales and Oranjestad rolled along the surface of water where the tankers had been hit by the vors. The commander stepped up operational training lest warm weather reduced the sting of the cold winds that first two torpedoes fired by the U-boat 156 in combat. inactivity induce complacency, He still had a long patrol laced the French harbor, Von dem Borne casually guessed Azeta kimando di Pedernales y Oranjestad tabata lora ariba ahead. the patrol would be around the tip of South Africa to the awa unda e tankeronan a worde gedal door North through the Atlantic Ocean plowed the U-156.