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Page 635
... raft is easily launched and is practically indestructible . From the Locker in His Life Raft , Poon Lim. U. S. Navy , Official spotted the first ship . Excitedly they set off flares , waved their flag , and shouted ; but no response came ...
... raft is easily launched and is practically indestructible . From the Locker in His Life Raft , Poon Lim. U. S. Navy , Official spotted the first ship . Excitedly they set off flares , waved their flag , and shouted ; but no response came ...
Page 637
... raft is a story to end all raft stories ( page 638 ) . Compared with his 133 days afloat , the others seem like routine . Just imagine : four and a half months adrift on an open raft in the wild Atlantic , with no tools , 83 days ...
... raft is a story to end all raft stories ( page 638 ) . Compared with his 133 days afloat , the others seem like routine . Just imagine : four and a half months adrift on an open raft in the wild Atlantic , with no tools , 83 days ...
Page 638
... raft . So extraordinary is his survival , with inadequate clothes , tools , and few rations , he stands as a model for all survivors ( page 637 ) . Italian fasces sketched on its conning tower . The sub approached the raft . Some of the ...
... raft . So extraordinary is his survival , with inadequate clothes , tools , and few rations , he stands as a model for all survivors ( page 637 ) . Italian fasces sketched on its conning tower . The sub approached the raft . Some of the ...
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