THE PRESIDENT: Yes.
[The witness Hessler took the stand.]
THE PRESIDENT: Will you state your full name?
GÜNTHER HESSLER (Witness): Günther Hessler.
THE PRESIDENT: Will you repeat this oath after me: I swear by God—the Almighty and Omniscient—that I will speak the pure truth—and will withhold and will add nothing.
[The witness repeated the oath.]
THE PRESIDENT: You may sit down.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: Captain Hessler, when did you enter the Navy?
HESSLER: In April 1927.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: What was your last grade?