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CGC Spencer vs. U-175, 1943
Official Caption: "COFFEE FOR CAPTURED U-BOAT CREW: Rescued from the deep by Coast Guardsmen aboard the combat cutter that blasted their U-boat to the bottom, these Nazi seamen huddle in blankets, drag on good American cigarettes and eye a pot of hot coffee hungrily. Coast Guardsmen John Tumas, radio man third class, of Boston, Mass., pours coffee for the shivering survivors." Date: 17 April 1943; Photo No.: 1570 Photographer: Jack January Source - NARA Description: Aboard Spencer.

Photo by: USCG Historian's Office (& NARA) |  VIRIN: 240621-G-G0000-014.JPG