sailors the chance to jump aboard.
one who did was sam leavy, a us army
officer from
one who did was sam leavy, a us army
officerfrom georgia. he trained
here at fort screven, where i heard
his story from his grandson. after
all his men at the lifeboat station
that he was manning had jumped,
fortu nately
that he was manning had jumped,
fortunately the mancy came alongside
again and he made the decision to
jump
again and he made the decision to
jump along and he did. but as it
turned out, he picked daytime where
the otranto was going on, the mancy
was coming up, and so when he landed
on the mancy it was a very harbour
landing. the mancy's commander was
lieutenant france's craven. he is
high risk rescue saved around 600
men, while the rest of the convoy
steamed on. the convoy was under
orders, by the way, that if any ship
was disabled,,
orders, by the way, that if any ship
was disabled, , no
orders, by the way, that if any ship
was disabled,, no other ship was to
be rendering...