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Originally Posted by Elmer Kosterman
I think it was meant to be a joke about each man getting (only) a half a bottle after making it back to the surface after being under for so long.
In the book, the beer on board was being saved for after the first ship was sunk, but they had such bad luck that the Kommandant decided to treat the crew: one bottle for every two men.
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That is precisely my understanding too
