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Blood-Soaked Life Rafts Attract Sharks to Fliers
Navy details Midway rescue saga and heroics of PBY crews that hunted down the Japanese force, saved 27 airmen over 10 days, and endured shark attacks and long endurance patrols. Ensign Jewell Reid and Lieuts Ady and Snuffy Smith are highlighted among others in the action report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Tremaine
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Midway Island
Tnsign Jewell Reid
Padicah
Howard P. Ady
San Antonio
Texas
Maurice Snuffy Smith
Lodi
Cal
San
William A. Chase
Altoona
W. C. Corbett
Philadelphia
Ady
Midway
William Richards
Collinswood
N. J
Marines
Army
Cyril T. Simard
Calif
Naval Air Station
Simard
Logan C. Ramsey
Washington, D. C
Comar
Massie Hughes
Selma
Ala
Robert C. Brixner
Piedmont
Navy Air Arm
Ramsey
Hughes
Lieut. Chase