Lt. Keller writes:
Om 17 February our new conning tower was ready and we received orders to patrol off the coast of new Jersey. The captain ordered us all on deck. After five minutes he appeared on what he called his balcony and addressed us.
"Menner! do you have your passports ready and American visas?"
We all looked at each other and shuffled our feet in what Balz calls the submarine shuffle.
"American destroyers depth charges boats without visas."
"Bernaaard! Didnīt I tell you to go to the Anerican consulate and get visas?"
"It was closed, Herr Kaleun."
"What to do, what to do." Balz scratched his chin.
"I can go when the war is over," Bernard said.
Balz banged his fist on the conning tower. In a decisive tone, he said, "We must practice because that is really the only way to get into Carnegie Hall."
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