Word: forsdal
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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...John Forsdal was lookout on the R. P. Resor, northbound off the Jersey coast. Seeing running lights inshore of the tanker and less than a quarter mile away, the lookout thought it was a fishing boat-but two torpedoes proved it was not. Sailor Forsdal was slammed to the deck and knocked out for a moment, but recovered and went to the windward side of the ship, realizing that the wind would blow the fire the other...
...Sailor Forsdal made it. When a Coast Guard vessel picked up the two men they were so heavily coated with congealed oil that they weighed (the Coast Guard captain estimated) 500 Ib. apiece...
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