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Giles McCoy: Surviving adrift in the Philippine Sea

Posted on Thursday, October 17, 2019 2:00 pmOctober 18, 2019 Posted in Honoring Vets by Nicholas Rogers-Dillon 3k views

Marine Corps Private Giles McCoy survived for nearly four days after he sinking of the USS Indianapolis in …