Lusitania

When a German submarine torpedoed and sank the Ocean liner Lusitania on May 7, 1915, over a hundred Americans were among the 1,500 people who perished. This was a major factor in ultimately bringing the United States into the war on the Allied side.

The last surviving crew member of the Lusitania was a cabin boy who was 16 at the time. He was still around in 1986. He had a granddaughter who was an executive at the London Holiday, and that Spring and Summer, she had a passioniate affair with an American law student. (wink)