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| Description | Lot-824-2: WWII-Atlantic Convoys. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sinks Sub. Coast Guardsmen, wounded during a furious battle in the North Atlantic which resulted in the sinking of a German U-Boat, are transferred from the Coast Guard Cutter Spencer (WPG-36) to a sister ship for immediate removal to a port hospital. Motor Machinist’s Mate Robert J. Croak, his left hand supported by a wife frame and pins inserted in his fingers, is transferred from Spencer, with Dr. John Davies, assistant surgeon, U.S. Public Health Service, supervising the operation. Image possibly pertains to the sinking of U-175 on April 17, 1943. U.S. Coast Guard Photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2018/02/23). |
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| Author | National Museum of the U.S. Navy |
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