Word: haida
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...green-dye markers, then flew in low to release a parachute-borne "Flying Dutchman" lifeboat. "It was a beautiful drop," said Grable. "Right in our laps." Seventy-nine hours after their B-29 went down, the bearded, haggard survivors were hoisted safely over the rail of the Canadian destroyer Haida...
...Haida arrived at Bermuda the next afternoon, cheering islanders put out in small boats to welcome the destroyer. Newsmen crowded around to hear about the saga. "What did we talk about?" repeated Grable. "Well-'will you please move over and give me some room?' Only we didn't say 'please.' " Was there any hero in the lot? "Yeah," rumbled one ' sergeant, "there was 18 of them...