The second day at sea, a cloud came over and it rained a little. Everyone took as much advantage as they could of this really little bit of water.
At night, the water was warm, but the air was cold and Harrell's group was losing members to hypothermia, believe it or not.
By the third day, there were only 17 left in the group. Bodies were decomposing and Harrell remembered that if you bumped into one, they would leave a residue.
Another developing problem was that their Kapon Jackets were only meant to be used for 48 hours and now were beginning to lose buoyancy. The men had taken their life jackets off and were sitting on them. They learned that you could squeeze the water out of the jackets to regain some of the buoyancy.
This Is When They Saw a Raft. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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