I contacted one of the orginal crew members of U-505. His email was very difficult to find, and only found because he was a professor at Bainbridge. The crew members' names were as difficult to find, if not harder. The only members I was able to find were the captain, Hans Goebeler (who wrote a book about the U-505), and the co-author (John Vanzo). I wrote to John Vanzo, sending it proudly with the idea of a soon email to come back.
Unfortunately, his email was unavailable, as Google sent back. I am assuming that he retired recently and that the website is out of date. I resent the email three times, each time retyping out the email. One time, the website was shut down and unable to use for the night. I was disappointed not to get an email back after hours of research and double checking. I continued to research for U-505, finding more interesting information every time. While I did not continue to build on my characters, I was gathering a better idea of what U-505's stories was.
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