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>>21551637
same poster as >>21551642, here is a more detailed version of the story

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/browse-by-topic/War%20and%20Conflict/WWII/Tassa%20Evac%20Final.pdf
For three and one-half hours the Fletcher and Drayton engaged in rescue work. The Fletcher’s whaleboat was lowered, under the command of Ens. C. F. Gressard, and began to tow several rafts backto the destroyer. So many men on the first raft grabbed for the gunwale that they capsized it. Efforts to right the boat had to be abandoned in order to free men for other activities. A motor whaleboat from the Northampton now came alongside the Fletcher, which manned it with a crew consisting of L. C. Jenkins, Seaman Second Class; J. F. Gephardt, Machinist’s Mate First Class; and J. W. Jarrell, Seaman Second Class. These men worked with “praiseworthy” zeal for two hours, towing rafts and boats to the side of the Fletcher from which hung four cargo nets, two floater nets, and all available sea ladders to aid the survivors in climbing to the deck.
Others of the Fletcher’s crew went over the side to rescue men so weak at they could not reach the nets. J. E. Howell, Fireman First Class, swam out over 100 yards several times to carry lines to struggling survivors. All told, the Fletcher picked up 42 officers and over 600 men from the Northampton.