Frederick Kleist
28 November 1942
U-552, with our emblem of the red devil with two torches signifying life and destruction has had a fantastic campaign so far. We were the first ones to get a US warship, the USS Reuben James, and we are glad that we are sinking tonnage well into the 100,000 tons range. I do have to say that I miss my family, and with the narrow miss the other day (We were attacked by an enemy submarine at the Cape Verde islands) it seems to be like we are not so invincible after all. However, the idiots had torpedoes running close to the surface and our commander obviously had the insight (though I would argue us men do more work than him) to turn away. This war seems to keep going on, and we are perpetually trying to make sense of the directives that Doenitz is giving. Oh well, let's hope we get more of the enemy scoundrels and return victorious to our Motherland.
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