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WWI, The Thrasher Incident,1915
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Title: WWI, The Thrasher Incident,1915
Caption: The Thrasher incident, as it became known in U.S. media, nearly became the start of America's involvement in WWI. On March 28, 1915, the British steamship Falaba was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-28. In the incident, 104 people were killed, including one American passenger, Leon Chester Thrasher, a 31-year-old mining engineer from Massachusetts. Lithograph Librarie de l'Estampe, 1915 (cropped and cleaned).
Credit: Album / Science Source / Library of Congress
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Image size: 5400 × 3707 px | 57.3 MB
Print size: 45.7 × 31.4 cm | 2126.0 × 1459.4 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 1915 • 1ST WORLD WAR • 20 20TH XX XXTH TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20 XX TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20TH CENTURY • 20TH • ATTACKING • BRITISH • BURN • ENGLISH • FALABA • FIRST WORLD WAR • GERMAN • GERMANS • GUERRA • HISTORY • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • I WORLD WAR • IMPERIAL GERMAN NAVY • LEON CHESTER THRASHER • MARCH 28 • MERCHANT SHIP • MERCHANTSHIP • MILITARY • NAVAL • NAVY • ON FIRE • PR OWNED • SAILORS • SHIP: MERCHANTMAN • SINKING • SM U-28 • STEAM BOAT • STEAM SHIP • STEAMBOAT • STEAMSHIP • SUBMARINE • THRASHER INCIDENT • TORPEDO • TWENTIETH CENTURY • U-28 • U-BOAT CAMPAIGN • U-BOAT • WAR • WARFARE • WARS • WEAPON • WEAPONARY • WORLD WAR 1 • WORLD WAR I (1914-18) • WORLD WAR I • WORLD WAR ONE • WWI
