John, thanks a ton for posting that. We were recently wondering what that writeup was called in our Wolfpack group, I couldn’t for the life of me remember. Those two were the closest of friends. What’s interesting is Buchheim wrote their friendship into Das Boot even! He used pseudonyms for some well-known commanders, and the loss of Endraß and its impact on Topp is a scene in the beginning.
If anyone is interested I can post the translation of that part.
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