A stretch of treacherous water to cross, and no boat to do it in....
All they had was a few plywood drop tanks jettisoned from aircraft, some lengths of rope, bamboo, wood...and their courage.
Yes, the needed courage most of all, for entering that stretch of water risked a horrifying death. In the search for survival there was deadly danger ahead....
Originally printed in March 1976 as No 1018
Reprinted October 23rd 2015 as 4858
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