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Night Rescue and Last Stand of a World War II Patrol Boat
Lieutenant Kelly recounts a perilous night in the Philippines as his seventy foot boat battles a Japanese destroyer air attack. After losing Reynolds to a throat wound the crew fights to beach, treat the wounded, and escape through a coral reef channel toward Cebu amid strafing runs and bomb blasts.
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Kelly
Reynolds
Cook
Richardson
Cebu
Peggy
Dad
Cleland
Long Channel
American Air Corps
Japan
Harris
Martino
Ross
Kawit Island
Hunter
Mr. Kelly
Cebu Island
Sheppard
Army Headquarters
Bulkeley
Brantingham
Ensign Richardson