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NH 96584 Jesse Roper Mohorovicic

Jesse Roper Mohorovicic
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Title: Jesse Roper Mohorovicic
Caption: Three-day old son of Mrs. Desanka Mohorovicic of New York, at a Norfolk, Virginia. Hospital with his mother and sister, Visna. He was born at sea in a crowded lifeboat after the passenger ship CITY OF NEW YORK was sunk by German submarine U-160 off the North Carolina coast on 29 March 1942. He was named in honor of USS ROPER (DD-147), which picked them up.
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Catalog #: NH 96584
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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