This newspaper clipping documents the loss of a U.S. Navy PBM Mariner patrol bomber off the Korean coast near Kosong during the Korean War, in which ten of fourteen crewmen were killed, including Ensign Wayne E. Bancroft of Alameda, California. Four survivors endured two hours in frigid waters before rescue by the destroyer USS Renshaw. The article, focused on two local Fresno-area sailors, illustrates how Korean War casualties reverberated through hometown communities across the United States, often reported first through local newspapers before official notification reached every family. Project: 218202