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Show WASHINGTON ROM OUR CONGRESSMAN W. H GRANGER navys f.ecosd in Atlantic With the realisation of the tre-mer.dcu? tre-mer.dcu? taik confronting thi Navy in our fieht In the Pacific, it's ucil t3 review th? record cf th eAillcd navies' Ir. the Atlantis. A Dtal ct 35C4 Arn.rUn sellers, or f.v.:r tViry 10000 err.kaikid. Lot thtir lives in ship eiJ.Uins or ship damaged in the i:urop.ah v.vir Ti record ? ainwt vxic good us fr World War 1, when 7.2 d.uth:. at soa were recti da fur every 10,0iW embark d. With Navy, Marine and Coast Guard , losses at 9500. the armed forces total losse for the sea warfare war-fare phaes in thj European Area reaches 13.164. The greatest lass of life in a single lmident was suffer d wdien the ryrr.p. - Erit::h tr:?p-sr.ip. went Jova -a halt oil hear ui.J-.r b-ni'Jrg attack CA Dlidvlli, Aljvia ".rovemtvr Z'J. 1S13. Heavy s.3 i.r.1 dirtr.r.-s h-.mp red rr.:cue rnrit. t e-i suiting in 1015 dead, which was more than half of the total of 1981 Amer-1 Irnn military personnel aboard. Three hur.irti ar.d f?urts n A-jrii?:l::n A-jrii?:l::n soldiers were lest in th? jsiaUr.g of one landing craft (LSI!), v.hib ar.oth r went do;vn v.lth 125. Tli.'rty-cm additional Incidents cf ?.nkir.s cr damage were lifted in which loss cf life ran from 1 to 20. |