Word: harshman
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Dates: during 1938-1938
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Chief Pilot Verne W. Harshman, naval aviator on maneuvers off the coast of Colombia in 1931, was forced down by bad weather, kept afloat on his CO2-filled raft five days. Only trouble he encountered was sharks, which were attracted by the raft's color (orange-yellow for high visibility). Result: the navy changed the color of life-rafts' bottoms to olive drab...