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Poon Lim was a 25-year-old Chinese sailor aboard the British ship Ben Lomond. On November 23, 1942, the Ben Lomond was struck by a German torpedo in the Atlantic Ocean. The ship quickly sank, taking with it the entire crew except for Poon Lim. He had been blown off the deck by the force of the explosion. Alone in the ocean, Poon
