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by Margaret Mackinnon in the October 2025 issue

In memory of Captain James B. Gaskill, 7/2/1916–3/11/1942. This cross
constructed from salvage of the ship upon which Captain Gaskill lost his life.
—inscription on a cross on the altar at Ocracoke United Methodist Church

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