The year is 1915 and WWI is underway. Tensions are growing as the United States tries to remain the neutral power between the Allied countries, France, Russia, and Italy, and the Central Powers, led by Germany and Austria-Hungary. The fateful voyage begins on a drizzly spring morning. The Lusitania boards its passengers and departs from Pier 54, in New York’s Lower West End with William Turner as its captain. The deck is suspiciously rigged with twelve 6-inch guns. These were added in 1913 because of the impending war. The ship said to be carrying platinum, bull

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