1. Rescue in the Pacific.
- Author
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Cant, Gilbert
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RESCUE work , *SHIPWRECKS , *DEFENSIVE (Military science) - Abstract
Relates the rescue of the officers of U.S.S. Helena who were marooned on the Japanese-held island of Vella Lavella after the ship was torpedoed during the Battle of Kula Gulf. Role of the natives of the island in the rescue mission; Defense led by Major Bernard T. Kelly, commander of the Helena's marine detachment, during their stay on the island; Death of an officer who had both legs broken aboard the Dent flagship.
- Published
- 1944