1943 Press Photo Julie Caba Rrocas Treated For Shark Bite After Ship Torpedoed
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Description
Rrocas' Freighter was named "Libertidad." He clung to a splintered hatch cover for 36 hours before being rescued by a Navy ship. The photo shows him being treated by P/Mate 2nd Class C.H. Britt of Raleigh, North Carolina, along with Rufino Nadal and Melchur de Leon, who also survived the Libertidad sinking. 10 other men drowned.
