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Rescuers on the Rio Grande: Coast Guard team saves lives at the border
—Search and rescue cases typically have a clear beginning, middle and end. Search and rescue on the Rio Grande, however, is different.
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Rollin Fritch—Silver Star hero of Attack Transport Callaway
—“Planes! They’re coming from the stern!” With seconds to react, Coast Guard Seaman First Class Rollin A. Fritch leaped into action and peppered the incoming kamikaze with a hail of 20mm gunfire.