A Letter From Heidelberg

[SeaToad]

To: Kapitan Hans Gerber
Commander of U-73
January 17,1945

My dear Hans,

It's been a month since your last letter and I pray that you and
your crew are doing well.
We are all saddened to here about the capture of our beloved port
of Brest.
I hope that your new base at Bergen is as hospitabable as Brest was.
Hans, It appears that the end might be close now.
Thousands of German soldiers are pouring into the Heidelberg and
Mannhein areas. Three divisions in all
Last night we were awaken by the sound of hundreds of tanks
rolling past our farm house.
I was told this morning that it's the 17th ss Panzer Division heading
towards Mannheim.
We all fear that this is going to be the staging area for the final
battle of the war.
Jorgen from the next farm house over told us his son returned from the
Russian front with one leg missing.
He said that there are thousands of German soldiers laying dead
along the roadside but they either froze to death or died of starvation.
I pray that you and your crew are eating well.
How is your cook Wong ?
I'll bet that U-73 is the only U-Boat with a Chinese Cook.
You must teach me to make some of that Chow Mein stuff when
this war is over.
Please hurry home Hans.

Heidi