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The Young Man and the Sea

Poon Lim, a 25-year-old Chinese seaman from Hainan, was second steward on the British merchant ship, Ben Lomond, which was carrying a crew of 55. It was torpedoed by a German U-boat on 23 November 1942. Poon Lim leaped over the side. He had tied a life jacket around himself, so he surfaced and swam away from the freighter.

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