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The crew of a Hawaii-based HC-130J Hercules aircraft makes contact with three mariners stranded on Pikelot Atoll, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, after dropping them a radio on April 8, 2024.
The crew of a Hawaii-based HC-130J Hercules aircraft makes contact with three mariners stranded on Pikelot Atoll, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, after dropping them a radio on April 8, 2024.

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  • The US military this week rescued three men who had been stranded on a Pacific island for days.
  • The men were spotted by a Navy aircraft after they used leaves to write "HELP" in the sand.
  • An American officer hailed it as a crucial "act of ingenuity." 

In an unusual scene seemingly out of a movie, the US military this week rescued three individuals who were stranded on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after they used palm leaves to write "HELP" in big letters on the beach.

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Military & Defense, us-coast-guard, search-and-rescue, pacific-ocean
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US military rescued mariners stranded in the Pacific after they used palm leave…