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Leedstown S Sinks Off Algeria While Troops Flee In Chaos
The Leedstown, formerly Santa Lucia, was torpedoed and sunk off Algeria during a World War II operation. Seaman Walter S. Jones Jr. witnessed the attack, describing dusk torpedo and air strikes, a chaotic abandon ship, and wounded being loaded as the ship went down. Survivors struggled on drifting rafts amid surf as the vessel’s crew attempted to save as many as possible.
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