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Five U S servicemen killed in Greenland helicopter crash
Bodies of five servicemen were flown to Maguire AFB after a routine training flight helicopter vanished in a Greenland cloud bank and crashed 175 miles east of Thule Air Base. Adverse weather delayed response. an official investigation has been ordered. The victims include 1st Lt. Harry J. De Wald and 2nd Lt. Eugene Sullivan among four others. The helicopter belonged to an air rescue squadron and was operating from Thule.
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Westover Air Force Base
Mass
UPI
Greenland
Maguire Air Force Base
New Jersey
Eighth Air Force Headquarters
Thule Air Force Base
Thule
Harry J. de Wald
Joseph de Wald
Sarasota
Fla
Eugene Sullivan
Tim W. Sullivan
Oak Creek
Colo
John H. de Pew
William C. de Pew
Auburn
Ind
Orleva Frank
Avilla
John B. Mustain
Lena B. Mustain
Indianapolis
Army
James A. Alger
Signal Corps’ Polar Research and Development Center
Camp Tato
Marty Ellen Alger
Washington, D. C
Coast Guard
James A. Alger, Jr
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
New London
Conn
Eighth Air Force