THE NAVY IS PREPARING TO HONOR a Black mess attendant nicknamed the “Human Tugboat” for swimming through shark-infested waters to tow his shipmates to safety in 1942.
Stunned that he’d never heard the story, navy
PACIFIC HERO REMEMBERED
Strangers On A Plane
AT DUSK ON FEBRUA RY 22, 1943, Pan American Airways’ Yankee Clipper began its long descent to the Tagus River in Lisbon, Portugal. A few moments later, as raindrops pelted the windscreen and lightning lit up the sky, the tip of the left wing caught t
