Author: Naisawald, L. Vanloan,
Title: In Some Foreign Field: the story of four British graves on the outer banks.
Description: Winston-Salem, NC, John L. Blair, (1972). G PB. Off the North Carolina mainland, there is a tiny 4-grave British cemetery on Orcracoke Island, part of the Outer Banks. German U-boat activity in American waters sunk the Bedforshire, a trawler sent to American waters early in 1942 to protect Allied shipping. A revelation of the deep affection felt by a group of Americans for the crew of an obscure little ship that became a casualty of war far from home.

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