Black May (1998)
“This one began when, in March 1992, I received a letter from Mrs. Stephen (Joan) Raushenbush in Sarasota, Florida, inquiring if I would be interested in seeing certain of her late husband’s papers relating to his civilian service in the British-American war against the German U-boats (submarines) in World War II. I immediately said yes, and shortly afterward, my spouse and I visited her in her home. Some months later, I was able to turn up additional documents relating to Stephen Raushenbush in... the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Those documents provoked in me strong curiosity about the month of May 1943, which, it was generally known, had been a pivotal thirty-one days during which the U-boats had suffered a substantial defeat in the North Atlantic. It was particularly intriguing to find that not only had the Allies’ uniformed naval and air services effectively engaged the U-boat fleet in several notable battles during that May but, prior to that month, a team of civilian scientists and statisticians had contributed significantly to the Allies’ operational tactics and capabilities.MoreLess
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