Sources:
- American Legion Post 146, Winthrop, Mass.
- Ships hit by U-boats: Harry Luckenbach, American Steam merchant - uboat.net
- 39 Massachusetts Merchant Marine Seamen Missing - Boston Globe, 5/17/1943
- Winthrop Couple Lose Second Son in Seven Months - Boston Globe, 11/5/1943
- 114 War Dead from Bay State on way to U.S. - Boston Globe, 2/10/1948
- Merchant Mariners killed on U.S. operated ships during World War II, Last name begins with "X" "Y" "Z" - American Merchant Marine at War
- John Guy Zaia - The United States Navy Memorial
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| John G. Zaia (1920-1943) - U.S. Merchant Marine, WWII - was
an Able Body Seaman lost at sea March 17, 1943. His ship, the SS Luckenbach, was
torpedoed by German submarine U91 in the North Atlantic. There were no
survivors. The ship was loaded with munitions. It was hit by two torpedoes and
sunk in four minutes. Three lifeboats got away, but the convoy could not stop to
pick up survivors. His brother Vincent Zaia was killed by accident in Australia
shortly after his ship had delivered a load of munitions. |
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