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HUCKLEBERRIES: Nightmare at sea

by DAVE OLIVERIA
| December 7, 2025 1:00 AM

A funny thing happened to Marine Lance Cpl. Zachary Mayo aboard the USS America.

Around midnight Nov. 24, 1995, a strong wind and a jolt from a door knocked the Wallace High graduate off the aircraft carrier into the Arabian Sea.

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