Charles Jackson French
Navy naming destroyer after Charles French, who saved 15 U.S. sailors in WWII by swimming in shark waters
The U.S. Navy is set to name its new destroyer after Second World War hero Charles Jackson French, who bravely saved 15 shipmates from shark-infested waters after the Japanese sank their ship. French, one of six sailors involved, swam for hours to rescue all but 11 USS Gregory’s crew members by towing them to safety…
