On the night of 13 March 1944, the Greekregistered steamship SS Peleus was en route from Freetown to Buenos Aires when she was hit amidships by two torpedoes, launched by a German U-boat, U-852. The t

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When their B-17 came under attack during a reconnaissance mission in the South Pacific, two crewmen earned the highest award for gallantry

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