He towed a raft holding 15 injured shipmates to safety after their ship was sunk by a Japanese destroyer
The Navy says it will name one of its next Arleigh Burke-class destroyers after Charles Jackson French, the late San Diego resident who towed 15 injured shipmates to safety in shark-filled waters during World War II. The Arkansas native quietly died in 1956 in San Diego, where he settled after the war. But his heroics have been brought to light in recent years by many people, including family of the shipmates whose lives he saved.
A Japanese warship attacked the Gregory, striking it hard enough to make it sink. Sailors scrambled into life boats, hoping to make it through the night. 'The uninjured French gathered injured shipmates on a nearby raft and tied a rope around his waist in order to pull the survivors to safety,' the Navy said in a statement. 'French swam through the night until friendly aircraft saw him the next morning.
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