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Captive air scouts survive 31 days at sea in rubber raft
A Navy crew led by Harold P Dixon and including Gene Seh and Tony Pastula endured 31 days adrift after a scout bomber ran out of fuel on January 16. With no provisions they navigated roughly a thousand miles using improvised tools and steady discipline before reaching a remote atoll.
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South Pacific
Robert Trumbull
Harold P Dixon
Amechanic
U.S.N
Geneseh
Xsunner
Tony Pastula
U. S. Navy
Tony
Gene