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The Coast Guard had to leave them - but came back. Because duty comes first at sea, a U.S. Coast Guard combat cutter had to leave these survivors of a torpedoed British merchant ship standing in freezing water in a swamped boat to engage a Nazi submarine before returning to rescue them, if they were still there. Completing its military mission in a hurry, the Coast Guard ship was able to return in time to successfully carry out its mercy mission. US Coast Guard.
