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The Baudichon medal of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, May 7, 1915, issued in circa 1920
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<p>[QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 24628789, member: 4920"]An interesting fact I heard from a survivor who made it by swimming to shore. Of course they didn't have much time to abandon ship. Some were thrown off due to the concussion but quite a few others he estimated who jumped off drowned from their water-logged clothes having weighted them down. He and the others who for the most part stripped first made it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 24628789, member: 4920"]An interesting fact I heard from a survivor who made it by swimming to shore. Of course they didn't have much time to abandon ship. Some were thrown off due to the concussion but quite a few others he estimated who jumped off drowned from their water-logged clothes having weighted them down. He and the others who for the most part stripped first made it.[/QUOTE]
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