Photographed at Morehead City, North Carolina, in April 1942, this image shows the bow section of an oil tanker that survived an attack by German U-boats, though its stern was lost at sea. An American flag flying from a nearby boat frames the scene, a poignant juxtaposition of national resolve against the visible toll of the U-boat campaign that devastated Allied shipping along the U.S. Atlantic coast in the early months of America's involvement in World War II. Project: 218598