Christmas Day 1944 never came for four Westmoreland County natives and 759 fellow servicemen who were passengers on a World War II troop transport ship headed for Cherbourg, France.
Source: The Tribune-Review
Westmoreland natives killed in Christmas Eve 1944 U-boat attack have lives preserved digitally
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