GEORG VON TRAPP – PRELUDE TO THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Postcard showing SMS U6 commanded by Georg von Trapp from 1910 until 1913.

A recent trip took me to Kotor, Montenegro.  The city sits spectacularly ensconced amidst mountains and fjords, probably the most scenic port in the Mediterranean.  Kotor has seen its share of history over the centuries, but one relatively recent story gets overlooked by even more recent events leading to one of the most famous movies of all time, The Sound of Music.  Understated and often forgotten, here, the story of Georg Luther von Trapp, ace of Austro-Hungarian submariners from World War 1.  His career before falling back on family and music concerned the sea and the Bays of Kotor.

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