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http://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elgin-staples-lifebelt-mother/(permalink)
Author: snopescom
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mostly credible
language
English
Date published
2021-08-27
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  • U.S. sailor Elgin Staples survived the 1942 sinking of the USS Astoria in a life belt that that his mother made.

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