Sgt. Joseph Charles was in a foxhole in New Guinea when the mail boys called him to come out for a letter. He had crawled out about 10 feet when a Japanese plane flew over and dropped a bomb that completly destroyed the foxhole he just left.

Lt. Commander Robert W. Goehring was swept off the coast guard cutter U.S.S. Duane by a mountanous wave during a storm. The ship was turned around to rescue him, when suddenly another giant wave tossed him back on board to safety!