I am very interested in U-Boats, and have read many books about this subject. I heard there was a man in Seckenheim, Germany who was on a U-Boat. So I met Mr. Georg Seitz who was on U-604 and U-873. Since that day Mr. Seitz and I met we speak about the technik of U-Boats and the history. As a result of this he told me the story about U-873 at May 1945.

The Story is, that after the war was over the Vance drove together with U-873 to Portsmouth. At this time Mr. Seitz a crew member of U-873 and Werner Loeb a crew member of the Vance spoke.

While speaking they found out, they came from the same town in Germany. The name of this town is Mannheim. This could be because Werner Loeb went to the USA before the war began. So it was possible that the met each other.

There is also a German Newspaper text about this story. I will send it to you in the near future.

Mr. Georg Seitz, as a POW, tried after being released to get the Address of Werner Loeb to write to him. He tried it many times but without success. Last week while surffing the internet I found the Story of the Vance and your e-mail address. So I decided to try and get the address this way.

As a result of this I thinke it will be very interesting for Werner Loeb and Georg Seitz to make and stay in contact by writing letters. I hope we speak from the same Werner Loeb where come from Germany.

I send you also a picture of Mr. Seitz and a picture of U-873. Also a List about the crew members of the Vance at this time where you can read the name Werner Loeb. And also a List of U-873 where you can read the name Georg Seitz.

I send this to you, so you can see that the story is true.

I give you the address from Mr . Seitz, so you can give this to Werner Loeb, that he can contact him with a letter.