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2021-08-14

Norwood Boy Rescued After 7 Days in Open Lifeboat

14 Aug 1942, Fri The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts)

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NORWOOD, Aug. 14 — Harold Small, son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Small of Washington st., who was aboard a large merchantman torpedoed in the South Atlantic on July 22, arrived home yesterday for a brief visit with his folks with a tale of spending seven days in an open lifeboat before being picked up by a British ship.

Local Man Spends 7 Days In Open Boat


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