One Man's Tale of the Do-or-Die 1942 Run to Malta

Two cryptic sentences in the March 1944 Trinity College Alumni News read, “Jack Follansbee, USN, attended the New York Alumni dinner in December. He was not very communicative about his activities, though we did learn that he has twice found himself rowing about the ocean.” Translation: Early in World War II, Follansbee twice sailed on ships that were torpedoed.