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Bridgeport Corporal Survives Pacific Crash and 80 Mile trek
Corporal Louis Murphy of Bridgeport Connecticut, after crashing in New Guinea, swam two days and hiked 18 days through jungle. He lost a finger and survived with drenched lungs, thirst and exposure, finally reaching the shore and meeting seven fellow crash survivors after 80 miles of naked marching.
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Melbourne
U. S. Army Air Force
Louis Murphy
Bridgeport
Lae
New Guinea
Corporal Murphy
Pacific