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p. 95 · Read in the full issue
There were such things as "rules" in European-style warfare in 1917. "Gentlemen" soldiers, especially at sea, did not shoot their prisoners. Count von Luckner of the German Navy was such a gentleman and when the "Manilla" was sunk by the "Seeadler", the Count took all its crew on board. One member of the crew was mate, FRANK WHITCOMBE, who survived to write this account of the capture. The picture at right shows the end of his adventures: Rescue from the "Seeadler" and the island of Mopelia, referred to in the story as Mopeha.