| GALILEA (March 28, 1942)
Italian liner of 8,040 tons, torpedoed and sunk by a British submarine near Antipaxo. The Galilea was carrying Italian troops from North Africa to Italy when attacked. The ship went down taking the lives of 768 troops and crewmembers to their deaths.
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On weald of Kent I watched once more
Again I heard that grumbling roar
Of fighter planes; yet none were near
And all around the sky was clear
Borne on the wind a whisper came
'Though men grow old, they stay the same'
And then I knew, unseen to eye
The ageless Few were sweeping by
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