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NewsSeptember 10, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The World War I Museum in Kansas City is displaying an exact model of a German U-boat that sank eight Allied ships before it was sunk by a British ship's depth charges. The 53-inch metal model was made in 1916 by the very manufacturer that built the real thing in the same German shipyard. Museum director Eli Paul said he "can...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The World War I Museum in Kansas City is displaying an exact model of a German U-boat that sank eight Allied ships before it was sunk by a British ship's depth charges.

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The 53-inch metal model was made in 1916 by the very manufacturer that built the real thing in the same German shipyard. Museum director Eli Paul said he "can

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