[Milsurplus] Chicago Museum U-505

[Mike Feher]

Dave -

I agree 100%. Came to that conclusion ages ago when I saw how some museums
do handle items. 73 - Mike 

Mike B. Feher, N4FS
89 Arnold Blvd.
Howell, NJ, 07731
732-886-5960 


-----Original Message-----
From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Stinson
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 7:35 AM
To: Hue Miller; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Chicago Museum U-505

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
Subject: [Milsurplus] Chicago Museum U-505

> I told him that this Museum would be the only one in the world with a 
> WW I and a WW II German U-Boat. "I don't even want this one!" was his 
> reply. And he paid a scrap dealer to come to the Museum and cart off 
> TWO ENTIRE storerooms full of spare parts from U-805 that were to be 
> used to keep U-505 in repair! Just threw this priceless stuff in the 
> trash!"

And you guys wonder why I don't support giving our equipment to just any
so-called "museum??"
The majority of their (mis)managers are little more than side-show barkers.
They claim to care about the historical importance of an item, but they lie.
They know nothing about that history and care less.
It's all business to them.
They care about how much traffic and how much revenue it will produce.

There are but a tiny handful of places that actually deserve the name
"museum."  The Smithsonian comes to mind.
Guys- they just don't have the room for our stuff.
If you're one of those good souls thinking of "donating all this stuff to a
museum," please think again.  Odds are your stuff will either sit in a crate
in a warehouse until Judgement Day or be sold-off to help pay for the
(mis)management's latest "fact finding trip" to Las Vegas.
Please consider finding responsible, passionate individuals for your items.
They'll take care of them.

73 D.S.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 5:53 AM
Subject: [Milsurplus] Chicago Museum U-505


> "We were trying to get a fix on the location of the only known WW I German
> U-Boat sunk in fresh water; that of UC-97 sunk in Lake Michigan off
> Wilmette.
> We approached the Museum of Science and Industry and the Director, Vic
> Danelov,
> about an expedition to raise UC-97 and put her next to U-505.  When he 
> asked
> why,
> I told him that this Museum would be the only one in the world with a WW I
> and a
> WW II German U-Boat.  "I don't even want this one!" was his reply.  And he
> paid a
> scrap dealer to come to the Museum and cart off TWO ENTIRE storerooms full
> of
> spare parts from U-805 that were to be used to keep U-505 in repair!  Just
> threw
> this priceless stuff in the trash!"
>
> Harry Cooper, 1983.
> via: Hue Miller
>
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