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Rescue into Burma Jungle After Plane Crash tale
A C-47 carrying 21 men including government officials and military officers crashes near the Burma India border. Parachutists scatter, natives greet them, and survivors endure a two-hour trek to a remote village where Eric Sevareid and others aid the rescued. Radio operator Oswalt keeps base alerted for a rescue flight.
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Davies
Wilder
Capt
Lee
Col
Kuo
Sgt
Gigure
Cleveland
India
China
Harry K. Nevue
Cudahy
Wis
Burma
Nevue
Ginate
Joseph Stilwell
John Davies Jr
State Department
Burma-India
Kuo Li
Duncan C. Lee
Chatham
Joseph J. Gigure
Auburn
Maine
E. Wilder
Levelland
Tex
Basil M. Lemon
Tulsa
Oklo
William T. Stanton
Board of Economic Warfare
Eric Sevareid
CBS
Wang Pao Chao
Roland K. Lee
Hicksville
N. Y
Joseph E. Clay
Monticello
Iowa
Glen A. Kittleson
Ballantine
Mont
Francis W. Signor
Yonkers
Edward Holland
East Cleveland
Ohio
J. Sherrill
Burlington
S. M. Waterbury
Blue Hill
Nebr
William Schrandt
Philadelphia
Ned C. Miller
Ottumwa
Walter R. Oswalt
Ansonia
Sevareid
Sgt. Oswalt