John Midgette and the Tanker Mirlo Rescue, 16 August, 1918

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The Life-Saving Service crew that manned the Chicamacomico Station in 1918 when the famous Mirlo rescue took place. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard Compass brings us a great story, a wartime rescue of 42 men from a burning gasoline tanker.

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