This newspaper clipping from the Lt. Bancroft Korean War collection recounts a dramatic air-sea rescue: a crewman from Fresno, California describes ditching into the ocean and being pulled to safety by a U.S. Navy destroyer after roughly 40 minutes adrift. Fellow survivors were treated for injuries aboard ship, while one crew member, the forward gunner, was never recovered. Stories like this, printed in hometown papers, brought the dangers faced by Korean War aircrews vividly home to American readers. Project: 218158