How Islay buried America's dead
Unimaginable tragedy came to the Hebrides with the sinking of two US troopships in World War One.
Within eight months, the SS Tuscania and HMS Otranto, sank.
Hundreds died and others were rescued and cared for by the local community.
As those events are commemorated a century on, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scotland's Glenn Campbell returns to his home to tell the little-known story of how courageous islanders coped with the carnage and devastation.
Watch 'Islay: For Those In Peril' on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Scotland at 19:.00 on Tuesday, 1 May.
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The sinkings of the SS Tuscania and HMS Otranto—Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scotland
Around 700 men lost their lives in 1918 off the coast of Islay in two separate disasters.
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