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Vet Recalls Blizzard Jump Days Spent in Snow Prison
Sgt. John M. Horan of MaynardMass recalls jumping from a C45 aircraft at 7000 feet during a Washington blizzard. He survived frostbite in snow filled mountains near Lake Kachess, built improvised snowshoes from refrigerator shelves, and reached a mountain inn days later. He reunited with his wife Teruka in Seattle and later settled in Stow after medical retirement and rebuilding a home cellar into a living space.
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Dick Sinnott
Stow
Mass
Bellingham
Wash
Fort Brage
N.C
Cascade Mountains
Washington
John M. Horan
Maynard
Army
Paratroops
Teruka
Seattle
Decra
Lake Kachess
Horan
Kenneth
Michael
Lorraine
Hotson
Chidren
Madigan Army Hospital
Tacoma
Madigan
Murphy Army Hospital
Waltham
Stow Grange
God