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They spelled out “HELP” with palm fronds on a beach, enabling Coast Guard and Navy aviators to pinpoint them on the island 1,800 miles east of the Philippines.

They spelled out “HELP” with palm fronds on a beach, enabling Coast Guard and Navy aviators to pinpoint them on the island 1,800 miles east of the Philippines.

They spelled out “HELP” with palm fronds on a beach, enabling Coast Guard and Navy aviators to pinpoint them on the island 1,800 miles east of the Philippines.

They spelled out “HELP” with palm fronds on a beach, enabling Coast Guard and Navy aviators to pinpoint them on the island 1,800 miles east of the Philippines.

The three men, all experienced sailors, spent a week on a deserted island when their boat was damaged in the Pacific.

A U.S. Navy and Coast Guard operation on Tuesday rescued three mariners stranded on a tiny Pacific Ocean islet for more than a week after the trio spelled out HELP using palm fronds laid on a white-sand beach.

The three men were out fishing on March 31 when their boat was wrecked by swells.

Three stranded castaways were rescued after they spelled out the word "help" using palm fronds while stranded on a tiny Pacific Ocean Islet for more than a week.

Three men stranded on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean for more than a week were successfully rescued after their message "HELP" written in palm tree fronds was spotted from the sky during a joint rescue operation launched by the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy.

The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy have rescued three people who were stranded on Pikelot, Atoll, for more than a week, the Coast Guard said Thursday.