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"Aime Giganti (my Grandad):
A very intelligent man. He was a radio officer in the Free French. Whilst in an Atlantic convoy he worked out that his ship (The President Dumar) was likely to be hit within 24hrs so he donned his lifejacket while continueing his operational duties. The ship was indeed hit and sunk. As the radio officer he was one of the last people to leave the ship. As he abandoned he took a hammer and hacksaw with him and came across a full lifeboat with one cable that could not be unhooked, with the hack-saw he cut through the cable saving the men inside and then jumped into the water (he could not swim). Of a crew of 600 men only 60 survived, he was one of them. He also later gave an interview on the BBC Radio about the sinking of the ship but we have not yet contacting the BBC to find out if this is held in their archives. He was in regular contact with Charles Degaul, we did have letters but they were lost after he suffered a nervous breakdown. All we have now is a signed photo and a certifacate thanking him for his services to France. After his ship was sunk he went to England and worked with a French scientist on a form of radar. The project failed." Laloup laurent le lundi 14 janvier 2008 Contribution au livre ouvert de Aimé Auguste Giganti | 
