A bit of #Caturday history: Salty, mascot of the San Diego Coast Guard Air Station. In 1945, she was the first cat to participate in an air rescue mission when she and her kitten stowed away on a plane just before it took off to rescue a pilot who had gone down at sea. pic.twitter.com/EubfpAoe91
— Undine (@HorribleSanity) February 24, 2024
Aloft kitty, warring kitty
ReplyDeleteFlying ball of fur
Rescue kitty, stowaway kitty
Purr, purr, purr.
Puuurfect!
DeleteSalty had a kitten?
ReplyDeleteSo she was following the Coast Guard code of moral behavior, eh.
xoxoxoBruce