'Duke' Pasket, 78, WWII Navy veteran: St. Paul native survived plane crashes, sinking of USS Indianapolis.

From: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) | Date: April 7, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: David Hawley

Apr. 7--Lyle M. "Duke" Pasket was fond of saying that he had used up his allotment of close calls as a young man.

As a 17-year-old sailor in World War II, Pasket survived the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and its horrifying aftermath as hundreds of the surviving crew were lost to sharks while they bobbed helplessly in the open sea for five days. The incident was made famous by a character in Steven Spielberg's 1975 film "Jaws" -- a movi...

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