VP-47 rescues 68 in an 11-hour mission

An aircrew assigned to Patrol Squadron 47, operating from Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, saved 68 people during an 11-hour mission.

The 68 men, women, children of Somali origin were adrift in a raft when the P-3 found them.

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