sentences:  Upon reaching the surface, Machon swam around for roughly 1.5 hours unsuccessfully looking for his partner until an inflated life-jacket was dropped to him from a circling airplane from the 99th bombing squadron.This was soon followed by a drop of a thermos outfitted with water, a signal pistol, paddles and about of rope.The raft provided by the aircraft was his only form of shelter for the next 10 days.