ILLE DE FRANCE CREW DORIA

Capt. Baron Raoul de Beaudean, of the French liner Ille de France, reads a newspaper account of the part he and his crew played in the rescue of passengers from the sunken Italian liner Andrea Doria on July 26, 1956. Standing with him are Second Mate Peter Ridel, left, and First Midshipman Claude Gasselin. The French luxury liner was outbound from New York to France when it picked up the Doria's S.O.S. and rushed to the scene of the collision with the liner Stockholm. They saved over 700 passengers. The French liner pulled away from the New York pier on July 26 at 8:20 PM for the second time in two days. (AP Photo)