![]() ![]() ![]() The award was among 28 Purple Hearts approved for the survivors by the commandant of the Coast Guard in November 2011.Īccording to U.S. Coast Guard Seaman 1st Class on the Leopold at the time. Petersburg, presented a Purple Heart to Anabel Antonsanti-Weis, 64, at the end of January in recognition of her late father who was a U.S. Matthew Thompson, commanding officer of U.S. The Leopold, making just her second voyage, was attacked by German submarine U-255 on March 9, 1944, in the northern Atlantic.Īntonsanti was one of 28 sailors who survived the attack. Coast Guard sailors, one of whom was one-time Lehigh Acres resident Arturo Antonsanti. One of those was the destroyer escort USS Leopold, which was manned by U.S. German U-boats were aggressive in their pursuit, sinking many supply ships and the craft protecting them. military ships providing cover for convoys carrying war materiel and troops to the allied effort. In March of 1944, World War II was raging with U.S.
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