When we went into World War II, suddenly we had hundreds of men in the tropics--in the jungle. So we went to Baedeker's and said make us a book for survival. They came out with this book, Baedeker's Guide for the Castaway, and it was issued to us.
This was something I wanted to learn about.
You're on a bomb run, you get shot up, you crash into the water. You've got a life jacket, and somehow you survive. You're on this island--in the tropics there are islands all over the place, mostly tiny--and there's nothing there. What do you do?
Your first need is fresh water.
Then what could you find to eat? The best thing you could do would be find a rotten log and eat the grubs that were eating the log.
They talked about bananas--if you find bananas, choose the ones that are black.
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