Pollux and Truxtun graves, 1942
The bodies of 48 American servicemen who died after the USS Pollux and the USS Truxtun ran aground off St. Lawrence Harbour were buried at Argentia. Their remains were returned to the United States after the war.

Photographer unknown. Reproduced by the permission of the Maritime History Archive (PF-306.430), Memorial University, St. John’s, NL.

Updated March, 2007