Page 12 of the wartime history of USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) describes a dramatic mass-casualty rescue: the ship's medical relief party was first to board the stricken USS Mindanao, treating some 250 wounded sailors with morphine, plasma, and makeshift splints before their transfer to Base Hospital #15. It also recounts the Medical Department's preparations for the January 1945 invasion of Lingayen Gulf. Project: 218461