Lehner, P. 1964 27 Aug. 6 - continued main building with a dead radio; however, by the time he returned from his radio mission it appeared as though the Navy was now searching in the vicinity of the distress signals - it was decided to sit tight and see if they had found them - the searching boat continued to move about, but then stopped- everyone agreed that the rescue must have been made; a phone call to the Navy confirmed that the small boat (no vivid description of the trouble) had been rescued - everyone was proud of the rapid rescue (about 3 hrs. 15 mins. from the time flares were seen until rescue) - needless to say Dave and I were not impressed - we decided there was a moral to the fiasco. IF YOU ARE GOING TO CRASH, FALL OVERBOARD, ETC. DON'T DO IT NEAR A NAVY OR COAST GUARD BASE - IF YOU DO, YOUR BEST BET IS TO HOLD YOUR BREATH AND WALK TO SHORE! After this sterling rescue we banded 200 sooties - they are becoming very hard to catch; after banding we were standing by the transmitter building gathering our gear; Dave said he felt something in his pants (not too unusual) - he unbuckled his belt, dropped his drawers and a mouse jumped out (unusual). -toobed-