Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1918 — Got More Than His Share. [ARTICLE]

Got More Than His Share.

The record of having survived two torpedo attacks belongs to Edwin J. Britt, a wireless operator. Within the short space of eight weeks he figured in two sea disasters in the war zone. He was wireless operator on the destroyer Jacob Jones when the American vessel was sunk by a German torpedo. Shortly after his return to land he shipped on the transport Tuscania, which also fell a victim to the submarine. Britt has upheld the tradition of radio men for nerve and steadfastness to duty. His home is in Brooklyn.