Loved the movie Das Boot. I’d rather have been a soldier on Iwo Jima or a crew member on a B-17 over Germany than be on a submarine. My Father was on a destroyer (USS Perkins) in the Pacific during WWII. I went on a WW II destroyer in Boston. I could not believe how small they were. Those people had balls.
My father was a pharmacist’s mate on a submarine during WWII.
I know of one guy who requested submarine duty during WWII.
He didn't want to be maimed, and since pretty much no one came home maimed from submarine duty...
I went through the USS Seawolf on Pelican Island north of Galveston. WW2 submarine. I was 12 at the time and had a hard time moving through it. Very cramped and small. I have a lot of respect for the submariners who served on that ship.