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Rescue Efforts For Army Parachutists In Grand Canyon
Parachutists Lt. Charles Goldblum Maurice Cruickshank and Roy Embanks remained marooned on a Grand Canyon plateau as rescue parties and Rangers battled the Colorado River flood. Two-way radios and air-dropped gear aided hope of liberation within the canyon’s shaded gorge as Army Airfield Col Donald Philips and park superintendent Dr H C Bryant directed operations from 500 feet above the river.
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Grand Canyon
Aviv
Colorado River
Goree
Edo Laws
Tr A. A. Brackline
Piguntaineer
Wilmington
Del
Army
Bryant
Equippee
Forest Rangers
Charles Goldblum
Pittsburgh
Maurice 3d. Cruickshank