>> scotland's ruggest isle of
islay is known for its whiskey,
but in world war i, the war came
to this coastline.
>> it was probably one of the
worst things they had seen in
the village.
>> the deadly aftermath when not
one but two u.s. war ships sunk.
one was torpedoed by a boat, and
another one went down after a
collision in bad weather.
over the course of several
months, hundreds of american men
washed up on shore.
war's grim tide overwhelmed the
tiny island as residents
scrambled to find survivors.
bob's father was among them.
>> it was a scottish farmer who
ultimately found him, my father,
alive.
>> more than 700 men died and
were buried in temporary graves.
islay resident even sewed
handmade american flag for their
funerals.
yesterday, 100 years later,