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Survivors recount sinking of U S S Reuben James
West Wayne Street residents share a letter from son Robert Swan in Key West Florida describing firsthand accounts from two shipboard survivors of the destroyer Reuben James. They relayed the November 1st attack by a submarine and the loss of seventy crew members, the largest U S naval toll since the Spanish American War, as tensions rise with the Japan conflict looming.
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William Swan
West Wayne Street
Robert Swan
U.S
Key West
Fla
Corry Boy
U.S. S
Reuben‘ James
North Atlantic
Swan
Reuben James
Swan Ig
Florida
Japan