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ironto-ngtendinid,iseeytc-rt-ds■u-p-ryngod■s,nsir-thti-isisItelilllei\Islytofch“I lost account of the days after the third day, hut one of the hoys kept a log-,” he explained.On the 13fcli day, one of the men, youngest of the group, died. While overboard early on the trip, he had drunk a considerable amount of sea water and that had made him ill.“We gave him a sea burial. One of the boys had a Bible and we said some prayers. By this time we could pray pretty good,” Capt. Cherry said.“One day we caught four fish about the size of a man’s hand and sliced them in sevenths. They were pretty good, too. Later on, we caught about 25 little fish about an inch and a half long. We didn’t get so hungry, though. You don’t after you get thirsty,” he ‘added.The only method of storing water was in a life preserver, known among the men who wear them as “Mae West Vests.” Rain was caught in a small oil skin, then transferred to the vest. A chance splash of salt water would ruin what had been so carefully caught in the oilskin. Once Capt. Cherry was sitting high in the boat holding the oilskin during a storm that amounted almost to a tornado, when a wave caught the boats and turned them over.“As I went down, I thought, 'Hell, they can drown me, but they can’t get .my water.' I thought I might be in the water a long time. Dirl'n't. Irnnw if TV! ovnr frni mif
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Wellington Leader
Wellington, Texas, US
Thu, Dec 31, 1942
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