The painting shows a group of sailors struggling to survive on a floating raft after the sinking of their ship,the Medusa.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

Louie Zamperini and pilot Russell Allen Phillips survived forty-seven days at sea before their raft washed up on an island.

VOA: special.2011.05.04

Their bodies,burned by the sun and stained yellow from the raft dye, had winnowed down to skeletons.

VOA: special.2011.05.04

He built a raft to take him across even though it took him an extra day.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

Somewhere on the endless expanse of the Pacific Ocean, Army Air Forces bombardier and Olympic runner Louie Zamperini lay across a small raft, drifting westward.

VOA: special.2011.05.04

They travel together on a raft made of wood down the Mississippi River.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft...

VOA: special.2010.03.21

"The Raft of the Medusa."

VOA: special.2010.06.23

In France,the government is pushing a raft of measures to help young people find jobs, including emphasizing apprenticeships.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12