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Black Cat Rescue
On February 15, 1944, flying his Navy PBY Catalina on air-sea rescue duty, Lt.
Nathan Gordon received an urgent call. Several 345th BG B25s were down following
a major attack on Kavieng, and crews were in the water just offshore. Under
intense gunfire, Gordon made no fewer than four perilous water landings to pick
up survivors, returning to make an emergency landing at Cape Gloucester with 25
people aboard, an just 10 gallons of fuel in his tanks. Gordon was awarded the
Medal of Honor. |
