History

"On September 5, 1942, United States Navy Petty Officer First Class Charles Jackson French, of Omaha Nebraska, swam through the night for 6 - 8 hours pulling a raft of 15 wounded sailors with a rope around his stomach through shark-infested waters after the USS Gregory was hit pic.twitter.com/p4bdlUHxn0

— Jerry Whitney (@theharpoonman) April 24, 2021