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can t get. .my water. t thought I might be 5n the water a long time. Didn’t know if I'd ever get out, but I came up under the boat, and after about 20 minutes got the boat turned over.“We had about one and a half jiggers of water a day—a sip in the morning and a sip in the afternoon, he said.“Some of the boys got discouraged, including myself. I . had scruples against taking my own life, although some of them tried to drink salt water, he continued.On the 17th day the life rafts were cut apart. Asked how he happened to be alone in the smallest boat, Capt. Cherry replied quietly, “T couldn’t ask any man to go it alone,That day they saw a plane, but the plane failed to see the rafts. On the 18th day there were two more planes. “We didn't know if they were Jap or American. Didn't care at the time.Late in the afternoon of November 11, as Capt. Gherry was preparing to tie himself into the boat for the night, he heard a plane, then the mechanic’s mate saw him. The plane lost him, but about 15 minutes later found him again. “It seemed like 15 hours,” he recalled. “The plane circled and circled, and I fell overboard twice during that time. Then I saw a, PT boat coming over the horizon.“1 was crying and laughing at the same time when they got to me. I told them who I was and asked if they had found Rieken-backer and the others. They said they hadn’t. But the next day they did find him,oi,*____i.. .i
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Wellington Leader
Wellington, Texas, US
Thu, Dec 31, 1942
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