From the archives: 60th anniversary of Chesapeake shipwreck, heroism observed
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Aug. 12, 1955: Alarms sounded at about 6 p.m. in North Bay Village, a summer resort town situated on the western coast of the Chesapeake Bay near Fairhaven, Md. Volunteer …