The Archive · 1937

U.S. NAVY CHEATS SEA OF A VICTIM

Charleston, S.C., July 19

The U.S. Navy cheated the sea of a victim to-day, after a wild night in which a sick sailor was transferred from a destroyer to an ambulance plane, then back to the destroyer gain for a record speed dash to a here hospital. The sailor, Louis J. "Wagner, became critically' il with appendicitis on board the 1.55. Dahlgren, 300 miles off the South Carolina shore. Lieut. Carl J. Bowman flew to the destroyer in an am-balance plane, transferred Wagner to ihe "plane but was unable to take off in the high waves. Bowman and "Wagner were then transferred back to the destroyer.—United Press,

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