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  • Sometimes the most timeless, heartwarming stories are born from tragedy. Three days ago marked the 70th anniversary of one of Newfoundland and Labrador's greatest marine disasters - the sinking of the USS Truxtun and USS Pollux. What is remembered today, is not so much what the sea took, but what one rural community gave to a rescued African American sailor who had never before experienced kindness at the hands of white people.  To commemorate the anniversary here's a great CBC article from 2009...