83 days on a life raft: a U.S. sailor's true WWII survival story.
As heard by us
A dwindling life raft and one repeated bedtime story give this survival drama its intimate force.
Words at War - 83 Days follows U.S. Navy Seaman Basil Izzy after a German U-boat sinks the Dutch merchant ship carrying an armed guard from South Africa toward New York.
Why you'd press play
You get 83 days adrift, one life raft, and a bedtime story that keeps coming back when the ocean has taken almost everything else.
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