U.S. Army mariners came to the rescue of a fisherman clinging to a plastic cooler lid Friday off the western coast of Obi Island, Indonesia, according to the 8th Theater Sustainment Command.
The USAV Palo Alto, a 174-foot landing craft, was headed home to Japan from the Talisman Sabre exercise in Australia when Sgt.
“I noticed what looked like someone waving their arms, which is the signal for distress in water,” Leonard said in the release. “I grabbed my binoculars to see if my eyes were playing tricks on me and that’s when I saw someone about 1.
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