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Navy Pilot Helps Rescue 18 Philippine Sailors In Typhoon Disaster
Navy Lt. Gary Selman from Aiken led a helicopter rescue during Typhoon Clara’s wreck of the Datu Kalantiaw. He and VC 5 crews airlifted 18 survivors, recovered remains, and conducted 29 confined landings aboard Mount Hood with support from Coral Sea and Subic Bay medical teams.
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Navy
Gary Selman
Aiken
Philippine Navy
Datu Kalantiaw
Calayan Island
Manila
E. Bruce
Jane Selman
Fleet Composite Squadron Five
VC-5
U.S. Naval Air Station
Cubi Point
Republic of the Philippines
Seventh Fleet
Pacific
Indian Ocean
Selman
North Augusta High School
The
Citadel
Charleston
U.S.S. Mount Hood
Subic Bay
U.S. Navy
Mount Hood