. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. axgroL. Qfieacners jown a ree-line oac .the uter anKs Darner r Jana of cracoke Baencf stops ai a sbecia t tna e reyer ntish, Leaning over a white picket fence surrounding the British Cemetery, Ballance points to four simple gravestones. Then he recounts his kinfolks' tales of the victims. "My relatives used to tell stories about hearing torpedoes go off, and the Coast Guard crew bringing in the bodies of these British soldiers," says Ballance, author of Ocracokers. "The sailors' bodies were
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. axgroL. Qfieacners jown a ree-line oac .the uter anKs Darner r Jana of cracoke Baencf stops ai a sbecia t tna e reyer ntish, Leaning over a white picket fence surrounding the British Cemetery, Ballance points to four simple gravestones. Then he recounts his kinfolks' tales of the victims. "My relatives used to tell stories about hearing torpedoes go off, and the Coast Guard crew bringing in the bodies of these British soldiers," says Ballance, author of Ocracokers. "The sailors' bodies were washed up on the beach and buried by locals in simple ; A torpedo from a German submarine killed the soldiers stationed on the trawler Bedfordshire on May 7,1942. The soldiers were guarding the coast from deadly U-boats unleashed by Adolph Hider. Continued COASTWATCH. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original UNC Sea Grant College Program. [Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College Program]
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