Merchant Marine, Louis Taix of New Orleans, Louisiana, was lost at sea when the SS Nicarao was sunk by a German submarine U-751 on the night of May 15, 1942, in the Bahama Islands. Of the 39 crewmen, 31 survived. His sister Lorraine spoke with The National WWII Museum in 2012. More at www.mymemorialday.org.
Lorraine Taix McCaslin, Sister of Louis Taix
Merchant Marine, Louis Taix of New Orleans, Louisiana, was lost at sea when the SS Nicarao was sunk by a German submarine U-751 on the night of May 15, 1942, in the Bahama Islands.
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