he even got sean connery to star in the film. the point is, we are always attracted by that. in this particular case, what are we looking at? our primary focus is on the u-boat. there are quite a few of them that attacked the american east coast. basically three classes of them. the u-139 class, the u150 class, including the converted commercial boat deutsche land, and also the u-142. interesting aspects begin to creep into this story. if you look at more statistics, and many of the people who stood up in this room are quality for the research -- responsible for the quality of research. in 1917, the most damage occurred. the larger number of sinking. really a potent vessel. about the time that u-boats arrived on the american east coast, it is made 1917. the violence of the war ends the following november. we are about to experience the 100 anniversary of armistice day, which becomes veterans day. right after the mid summer of 1917, the effectiveness of the u-boats begin to drop off dramatically. by made 1918, it is less than half of the total that you find in 1970. part of th