15 Wounded sailors were trapped on a raft, 22 Year Old Charles Jackson French tied himself to a rope , swam 6 miles through shark -filled waters for 8 hours
He tied a rope around his waist and swam through shark-infested darkness for hours, towing 15 wounded sailors away from enemy fire. September 5, 1942. Near Guadalcanal, USS Gregory came under devastating Japanese naval fire. The ship was burning. Men…