 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Hushed-up horror; Torpedoed: The Leopoldville sunk off Cherbourg in 1944 with the loss of 763 American soldiers.
; ...American men who were lost with the Leopoldville, Christmas Eve, 1944,near Cherbourg...remembered by few.' What happened? THE Leopoldville, a converted Belgian luxury liner originally...frigate Croixde Lorraine. At 5.55pm, the Leopoldville was five miles off Cherbourg when U-4...
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Charles P. Manning, 82, SS Leopoldville survivor.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
; ...expert, who survived the sinking of the troop carrier SS Leopoldville during World War II, died Tuesday after a three-year battle...1944, Mr. Manning was crossing the English Channel on the SS Leopoldville, attending a religious service when it was torpedoed by a...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Tidings of comfort; An unexpected letter produces a priceless gift: A personal connection to a father's long-buried war story.(NEWS)
; ...bone-chilling Christmas Eve 1944, the Leopoldville ferried American troops toward Cherbourg...every word. My particular troopship, Leopoldville III ... , Andersen wrote. My father...meaning to read for three years - S.S. Leopoldville Disaster, by Allan Andrade. I knew...
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Nets Turn to Special-Event Sites on Web.
; ...for Cover -Up! The Sinking of the S.S. Leopoldville, survivors' families finally found a network...history of the Friars Club. History's Leopoldville site (www.historychannel.com/leopoldville) contains a moving firsthand account of...
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Declassified memories - WWII vets recall horror - and hurt - of long-denied naval disaster.
; ...Arizona. The USS Indianapolis. The SS Leopoldville. Come again? Many Americans are familiar...almost no one has ever heard of the SS Leopoldville, a troopship torpedoed off the French...the English Channel. The loss of the Leopoldville unfolded in negligence and confusion...
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High tech hunts sunken treasure.
; ...season of discoveries, including-- * The Leopoldville, a steamship carrying 2,200 American...searching off the coast of France for the Leopoldville. Cussler says that the vessel lies...quick pass over the area where the Leopoldville was supposed to be and quickly located...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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CHRISTMAS EVE, 1944
; ...1944 -- Briamonte was aboard the S.S. Leopoldville when it was torpedoed by a German U-bo...of the Bulge as reinforcements. The Leopoldville was within six miles of its destination...official accounts made no mention of the Leopoldville. Worried about morale, wartime censors...
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CHARLES P. MANNING, 82, SURVIVOR OF WWII SINKING, A LEGAL EXPERT
; ...Manning of Milton, who survived the sinking of the Belgian ship Leopoldville during World War II and who became an expert on eminent domain...Christmas Eve in 1944, he was attending Mass on the deck of the Leopoldville when the former cruise ship converted to trooper carrier...
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Rostraver residents recalls brothers who died in WWII
; ...24, 1944, when the Belgian troopship Leopoldville was torpedoed by the German submarine...soldiers who lost their lives on the Leopoldville. The others were Staff Sgt. Gregory...72 Pennsylvanians were killed. The Leopoldville disaster has been chronicled by Allan...
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Patrice Lumumba. (poem)
; Leopoldville is the acid of the day; the incised line cuts surfaces over the stones of the savannah Kinshasha photographs the prophet king in...
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