Talk:USS Bristol (DD-453)/@comment-67.216.251.231-20200105005901

Survivors were taken to Oran, Algeria. Issued uniforms, and slept in single man tents until they could catch a ride on a ship headed to the US, where they were given 30 days "Survivor's Leave", then re-assigned to another ship. During their time in Oran, sleeping in tents, the locals would steal their meager belongings whenever a sailor went to the chow hall, or to the toilet. So the sailors organized their own group to stand guard for fellow sailors to prevent the theft of what little they possessed.