From: Lt Sr Tomcat U-47
To: Capt. Hans Wolf U-45
Herr Kaleun,
it would seem as if it was just yesterday that we were making our way through the academy, learning to conn a submarine in utmost secrecy, shooting ship wrecks with deck guns and calculating torpedo solutions once and again, and again until we grew tired of it!
When war finally wroke out, our Fatherland had a fair share of seamen with enough experience to put a blow into the British face! Eagerness and morale were the common factor among the members of the entier U-bootwaffe. However, after realizing that the war is no longer a possibility, but a fact, actions are the only thing that keeps faith in the heart of the men, actions from oneself, or actions from fellow comrades.
Lately, after picking up your reports at port, while on sea, I gather the men around on dull hours, and let them know about the progress and war efforts of U-45, and is truly amazing to hear the cheers and see the grins on their young faces after each torpedo hit I narrate them. After we finish with your report, they all seem a lot more eager in emulating U-45īs success at war.
Fellow Kaleun, I guess I just needed to thank you for your hard work and sacrifice at sea, and for keeping the arrogants tommies out of our ocean! Or should I say: below it?
Congratulations, and good hunting my old friend!
Lt. Sr. Tomcat
U-47
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