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Sigmund Shurskis

Williamstown sailor recounts surviving a German U-boat attack, two weeks in a lifeboat in 1943

Posted on February 22, 2018December 12, 2018 by Jake Wynn

Jim Shurskis told the dramatic story of surviving his ship's sinking to students from Williamstown High School.

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