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Daring 1944 PT Boat Rescue

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On September 16, 1944 Ensign Harold A Thompson was flying in his FM-2 Wildcat, attacking Japanese barges off the island of Halmahera when his plane was struck by anti-aircraft fire. He found himself wounded, afloat in a bay surrounded by enemy. But the Japanese defending the island would find out the extent of the US Navy Combat Search and Rescue ethos of “Bring ‘em back alive.”

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