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Show 2 GERMAN DESTROYERS SENT TO THE BOTTOM I Seventeen Men of One Crew Survive; AH the Others Meet Death. CUPEXHAGr.X, Jn,i. LM, rvonleen men from a (-erm.ii dstrnver which w;;.: Mruck hy n inin or torpedo have hi n 'Jed ,,n I iic wc-t rn:it ol .1 nt in ml. The soilors volute t h;ji five (M-nnjin destroyers on fSundv morn i ne s t ; r t r f for ljel?r,l;md. The dtroy.u- A-79 ytriKk u mine and s;mk. The A-7.'I, hunt -t li i n ir to the ;iid of the other, al'-o struck a nunc yni sank. The three j--mainin destroyers, fearing the sinnc t'lte. t ii rocrl south wn rd. The whole -n;w of the A-70 p'-rirdie'l, v.liiic onlv f.evenl ecn of the A-7H sur-vie-i. Nineteen of the men were -r. c -1, hut t wip hn ve since died. |