On March 13, 1969, Green Beret Lieutenant Jim Rassmann is blown off John Kerry's Swift boat in the midst of an ambush by Viet Cong forces. Kerry's boat turns around, eases up to Rassmann, who is drawing a great deal of fire in the water, and Kerry runs to the bow and pulls him in.
Maybe some of you that are boaters can comment on pulling a manoverboard out of the water from the Bow of this swift boat.