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A World War II hero then and now - Field Notes - msnbc.com
Our country is a bit poorer because Paul Rosasco passed on. RIP.
"Of the 15 men who ended up in the ocean, only nine survived.
Suffering from a compound fracture on his right arm, he was able to stay afloat by hooking the exposed bone from his injured arm around a cable on a buoyant hatch cover. With his other arm, he held on tight to his best friend, Gus Miggans – unaware that Miggans was already dead."
"While struggling in the water, Rosasco and the others there faced another threat. Japanese pilots were strafing the seas with machine-gun fire, trying to kill the helpless survivors. "I was saying those Hail Marys at 50 miles an hour," he said.
One of the planes swooped over him, then circled back, heading straight in his direction. As the Japanese plane bore down and was getting close, it suddenly exploded. The pilot of a U.S. Hellcat fighter plane had come from above to shoot the Japanese Zero out of the sky."
Our country is a bit poorer because Paul Rosasco passed on. RIP.
"Of the 15 men who ended up in the ocean, only nine survived.
Suffering from a compound fracture on his right arm, he was able to stay afloat by hooking the exposed bone from his injured arm around a cable on a buoyant hatch cover. With his other arm, he held on tight to his best friend, Gus Miggans – unaware that Miggans was already dead."
"While struggling in the water, Rosasco and the others there faced another threat. Japanese pilots were strafing the seas with machine-gun fire, trying to kill the helpless survivors. "I was saying those Hail Marys at 50 miles an hour," he said.
One of the planes swooped over him, then circled back, heading straight in his direction. As the Japanese plane bore down and was getting close, it suddenly exploded. The pilot of a U.S. Hellcat fighter plane had come from above to shoot the Japanese Zero out of the sky."
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