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CGC Spencer vs. U-175, 1943
Official Caption: "AFTER THEIR LAST RAID: Hauled frightened and shivering from the mid-Atlantic, crewmen from a sunken Nazi submarine huddle in warm blankets on the quarterdeck of a Coast Guard combat cutter. Given cigarettes by their Coast Guard captors, they saw brighter days ahead. The war was over as far as they were concerned." Date: 17 April 1943; Photo No.: 1590 Photographer: Jack January Source - NARA

Photo by: USCG Historian's Office -- Scott Price (& NARA) |  VIRIN: 240621-G-G0000-025.JPG