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Upon further examination


I was off in my "few survivors" comment. The ship in question was the _USS Chicago_ and most of the crew was rescued. But my great uncle still witnessed some of his buddies lost to sharks in the water and he was affected by that for the rest of his life (which lasted to 1999).

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Posted: 08/20/2017 at 6:01PM



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