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Survivor of U-588 finally collapses!

This man, one of the five survivors of U-588 finally succumbs to exhaustion and exposure and collapses to be taken to sick bay by his rescuers on board HMCS Athabascan. Hopefully he survived the war and his grand children have a chance to see these photos!


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/canadian-forces/32261/survivor-of-u-588-finally-collapses!

Sadly, many of the Canadian sailors shown in this series of photos would lose their lives when The Athabaska Was sunk off the coast of France