LOST in the Pacific, 1942 Crossword

A large body of water
You can die without this in three days
Signal given when lost
Needs to be inflated to be used
Used to create firework in the sky
The first source of food once on the island
Number of days before they reached the island
Type of the Plane
Last name of the author
The men were thought to be war ________
Name of the ocean they crashed into
The original purpose of the plane
War taken place in 1942
The plane crashed because it needed to
Where did the plane start from
What could kill the men in the water
People wanted to ________ the war after hearing about the survivors
Stated it was his responsibility to bring them from the water to land
In 1942 everybody knew this hero's name - the VIP on the plane
Instrument used to measure latitude and longitude from the sky
This could have been a cause of why they missed Canton Island
One of the men had this in their pocket
The men used this every night
Another man had this in his pocket
This animal got on their raft
This is found in coconuts
These men were ____ in the ocean
7 of the 8 men
This animal was used as bait, food, and fishing lures
This was a source of fresh water