Keywords: people Lot-9436-5: Gallant is the Word for the Norse Skipper. When a small merchant ship offered to pick up Captain Finn Rusti, (right), and 35 fellow survivors of MS Grenanger, he politely turned down the offer because it had lifeboat facilities only for its own crew. Eight days later, however, the gallant captain and his crew were rescued by an American naval vessel with had ample facilities. Captain Rusti is seen in New York City after being rescued. Office of War Information Photograph, March 12-15, 1942. (2016/01/08). Lot-9436-5: Gallant is the Word for the Norse Skipper. When a small merchant ship offered to pick up Captain Finn Rusti, (right), and 35 fellow survivors of MS Grenanger, he politely turned down the offer because it had lifeboat facilities only for its own crew. Eight days later, however, the gallant captain and his crew were rescued by an American naval vessel with had ample facilities. Captain Rusti is seen in New York City after being rescued. Office of War Information Photograph, March 12-15, 1942. (2016/01/08). |