How a World Class Coast Guard Rescuer Sank a DUKW — And Still Pulled Off an Extraordinary Rescue — The Frump Report: News, Reviews, Stories and Books from Author Robert R. Frump

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Wichita Genealogist

Bernie Webber, the famous Coast Guardsman who led the rescue of the SS Pendleton crew, and whose story was told in the movie The Finest Hours, had a long career marked by numerous other rescues. He always considered this story one of the most astonishing. If Bernie couldn’t handle a DUKW, ***few can. (Click here […]

via How a World Class Coast Guard Rescuer Sank a DUKW — And Still Pulled Off an Extraordinary Rescue — The Frump Report: News, Reviews, Stories and Books from Author Robert R. Frump.

I was talking yesterday with another blogger and mentioned DUKW – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DUKW.

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3 Responses to How a World Class Coast Guard Rescuer Sank a DUKW — And Still Pulled Off an Extraordinary Rescue — The Frump Report: News, Reviews, Stories and Books from Author Robert R. Frump

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  2. SLIMJIM says:
    February 5, 2020 at 5:23 PM

    We were talking about this!

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