Seven Who Survived the Leopold Sinking. These seven Coast Guardsmen, shown in a hospital somewhere in the British Isles, survived the sinking of the Coast Guard Destroyer Escort Leopold by a German submarine somewhere in the North Atlantic. Only 28 out of a complement of 208 escaped death in the loss of the vessel--one of the worst sea tragedies of the war. Here, Richard R. Novotny, seaman first class, of Riverside, Long Island, who suffered a back injury, is visited by six of his buddies, all of them survivors. The others are (standing, left to right) Cleveland E. Parker, Chief Commissary Ste
Seven Who Survived the Leopold Sinking. These seven Coast Guardsmen, shown in a hospital somewhere in the British Isles, survived the sinking of the Coast Guard Destroyer Escort Leopold by a German submarine somewhere in the North Atlantic. Only 28 out of a complement of 208 escaped death in the loss of the vessel--one of the worst sea tragedies of the war. Here, Richard R. Novotny, seaman first class, of Riverside, Long Island, who suffered a back injury, is visited by six of his buddies, all of them survivors. The others are (standing, left to right) Cleveland E. Parker, Chief Commissary Steward, of Pulaski, Tenn.; O'Brien, seaman first class, of 4233 Gunther Avenue, New York City, ; Antone Freitas, Jr., seaman second class, of Fall River, Mass.; Joseph A. Burgun, soundman, third class, of Glen Rock, ; (seated) Troy S. Gowens, seaman, first class, of 537 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, ; and Joseph M. Hanysz, seaman, first class, of 2660 Holbrook Avenue, Detroit, Mich.
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